Talking of Carriers and Sea Harriers, there is a very fulsome obituary of Vice Admiral Sir James Weatherall in yesterday's Telegraph.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituari...rall-obituary/
He was Captain of the Invincible-class carrier Ark Royal in 1985/86, which was equipped with Sea Harriers. I wonder if David Morgan served under him?
The ship’s company loved him, and he inspired them with the promise of a run-ashore in New York. Ark Royal duly visited the city during Liberty Weekend 1986, a spectacular celebration of the centenary of the Statue of Liberty, involving an international fleet review.
Weatherall ordered a display by his Sea Harrier jump-jets at the end of which, when President Reagan had unveiled the newly restored statue, the Sea Harriers hovered and bowed before it.