Pilot Paul McDonald, Author of Winged Warriors - The Cold War from the Cockpit...
You can meet the Author alongside 779 over the Cockpit - Fest weekend 14th & 15th June @ Newark Air Museum... If you already have the book bring it along with you and get it signed by the Author...
779 is featured in his book and tells the story of the first sortie flown by XIII Squadron to locate and photograph Kiev and her two escorts, a Kara Class cruiser and a Krivak Class destroyer. Kiev had entered the Mediterranean from the Atlantic following her launch in 1977. This sortie confirmed that the Forger aircraft was operational from Kiev. The sortie is described in Chapter 4 of Winged Warriors – The Cold War from the Cockpit and the book also contains some of the photographs taken during this sortie.
He's flown Thirty sorties totalling 63 hours 35 minutes in WH779....
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