XV 259
On 29 Jan 1975 left St Mawgan en route to Singapore where we arrived 4 days later with XV259. My first visit to the Far East and indeed anywhere east of Malta. That aircraft may have been the last one in Singapore on a MARDET. In August 1977 took the aircraft to Nimes Garons where we stayed for 3 nights. Was supposed to do a sortie whilst there but we had a high speed abort (1 knot short of V1). The figures worked as we stopped 20 metres short of the end of the runway. The French officer on the flight deck was a little pale when he got off the aircraft. Cooincidently we found out Elvis had died whilst there. Newspaper headline "Le Roi est mort".
Also was part of the crew that delivered the aircraft to Woodford on 9 Jan 1978.