There is no way on this sweet Gods earth that the CAA will let a private pilot fly that!!!!!!!!
Aircraft such as the BAC Lightning, MD Phantom and the Buccaneer are completely 'off limits' to anyone except the military - even professional jet display pilots cannot fly them (ask the Hanna's at Duxford - they have a Phantom....). The complexity of a Harrier is WAY beyond the ability of MOST pilots....
Can you imagine the headlines in the tabloids if a civilian pilot 'had a moment' with one and it ended up in bits in a school yard????????
Carl