Flying the Harrier Jump Jet - Dave "Mog" Morgan (Part 1)

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Flying the Harrier jump jet - Dave "Mog" Morgan
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10 Percent True #11 P1 - Dave "Mog" Morgan, Sea Harrier Falklands Fighter Pilot
Mog’s book, Hostile Skies, is available from Amazon. I highly recommend it. amzn.to/2yL0O6Q
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In March 1982, Argentinian forces landed on a set of tiny islands in the South Atlantic. These islands were known to the British as the Falklands, and to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, and ownership over them remains contested to this day.
Britain’s Prime Minister responded without equivocation, and dispatched a task force of ships, aircraft and combat forces with the objective of retaking the islands.
Through the month of March, the task force sailed south. One of those onboard was Royal Air Force fighter pilot, Dave “Mog” Morgan, then on exchange with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, flying the Hawker Siddley Sea Harrier.
Morgan would help lead the planning of the first combat mission undertaken by the Sea Harriers, and would end the war having shot down four Argentine aircraft.
In this, the first of three interviews with Mog, he describes the long road that eventually led to the Sea Harrier, and talks about his early experiences flying the vastly challenging Harrier Gr 3 with the Royal Air Force. The episode concludes with his recollections of preparing to sail south, and an initial assessment of the Argentine threat.
Tune in for parts 2 and 3 to listen to Mog describe with great clarity his combat experiences and the post traumatic stress that took grip after the war.

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@Scoop1_1 18 күн бұрын

With the recent passing of ‘Sharky’ felt the need to revisit some of the stories about the events in the SA and the legendary FRS.1

@squigmcguigan8965 8 ай бұрын

What a lovely man. Again a typical fierce but unassuming warrior. Great to hear him tell those of us Who never had the chance or Bollocks to experience what he had experienced. Mr Morgan and his Falklands comrades. Should be regarded with the same esteem as those who flew in WW2.

@solarwizzo8667 5 ай бұрын

Great Interview! Former TORNADO WSO speaking here. Been EWO as well. Simply the idea of mounting CHAFF to the airbrakes as a jimmy-rigged ECM is awesome! Love it. I guess I have to check in to your channel more often! I like the way, how you ask your questions. Keep on!

@PluckyUnderdog Жыл бұрын

If you've tried to land the Harrier in DCS, you'll have some minute sense of just how good a pilot you needed to be to fly it properly. Nothing but respect for people like Mog. Great interview.

@PhantomMark 7 ай бұрын

Never feels like enough power, even unarmed and low fuel there is barely enough to hover, let alone do a vertical take off ? (DCS)

@tomlong8472 5 ай бұрын

@@PhantomMark I know it’s been 2months but have you checked you nozzle position full back on the lever is hover stop not 90degree. Made that mistake before. Oh and Max hover weight is 20000lbs

@georgeduncan9443 2 жыл бұрын

i highly reccomend "sea harrier over the falklands" by commander nigel "sharkey" ward. its an amazing telling of the air war from the harrier pilots point of view.

@peterstubbs5934 2 жыл бұрын

I listened to the audiobook that and it made me extremely mad and patriotic at the same time. I was 2 Para at the time although I didnt go down south as I was doing other things. All my mates went. Having heard Sharkeys view on the conflict (CO od NAS 801 Sqn) I have spoken to a mate of 50 yrs who was down there, and we discussed some of the massive shortcomings of the flag officer Sandy Woodward and the sub par air to air skills of NAS 800 Sqn. Namely, Woodwards reluctance to listen to the CO of 801 Sqn (who was top of the tree) in A2A warfare and his sqn was wringing the most out of their sea Harriers and their blue Fox radars and the poor leadership of NAS 800 sqns CO for not asking the question WHY, was 801 sqn picking up enemy a/c at 23 miles whereas his sqn 800 sqn averaged about half of that. IT WAS A FUCKING IMPORTANT QUESTION.... The lads lives depended on the outer layer of air defence provided by the Sea Harriers doing their job efficiently. Woodward didnt trust the VERIFIABLE facts of what 801 sqn were doing with both their radars AND tactics. He was a submariner by trade so god knows why he was put in command of such a task force with a very limited submarine threat. He employed WW2 tactics of visual reconnaisance of the surrounding seas which were pathetic and wasteful in time/resources. A job that Sharkey Ward 801 sqn said could have been done with a single aircraft and a single sweep of its Blue Fox radar which would have covered a vastly larger area and DEFINITE detection of any ships out there. The man was a knob.

@jamesshipp401 5 ай бұрын

Read his book years ago - he was very critical of the Vulcan bombing raid and the fuel used - fuel that Fleet Air Arm could have used.... missing the point that there was no more tanker capacity with the task force. He also missed the point that by bombing Port Stanley it showed the world that the Brits had the capability to strike Argentina mainland. Other significant diplomatic stuff resulted behind the scenes as a result of the Vulcan raid.

@johnspurr1792 3 жыл бұрын

After finding your podcast on iTunes and listening to everything else, I’d been saving this one for another time; in part because I have Mog’s book he generously signed and I couldn’t decide whether to read that first or listen first, but also because I wanted to save it for a better time when the world didn’t seem sh*t. But today curiosity got the better of me and I have to say, after only part one, I could listen to that voice of his for days. What a gent. And an awesome interview style as always. Best of the aircrew style podcasts by a country mile.

@10percenttrue 3 жыл бұрын

John, thanks for the kind words. I hope that you enjoy both the book and the interviews with Mog. He does, as you say, have a style that lends itself to listening to endlessly. Stay safe!

@singlesprocket 3 жыл бұрын

This got my vote when Mog said he was still crap at instrument flying!

@robo3915 4 жыл бұрын

Great interview so far, can’t wait for the next bit! How do you not have 100,000 subscribers already????

@10percenttrue 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Robert. No idea how to get that many subs!

@dirtydave2691 3 жыл бұрын

I like this format of interview. I believe most of us, especially career military members, have had a close call at getting "chopped" for being a bit cocky. A lesson in humility goes a long way to making one become a mature person. Well done!

@10percenttrue 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dirty Dave.

@williamtraynor-kean7214 3 жыл бұрын

Being a rather cocky bloke at RMAS I found taking the mickey out of a drill Sgt got a laugh and more extra shows than you could ever dream of, might as well learn the lesson early.

@andrewmallard2301 2 жыл бұрын

I know your father's journey, Mog. Jan 1987, I travelled up Bluebell Hill, in deep snow, through to Chatham and then on to the RAF.

@paulf897 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent series of interviews. With the 40th anniversary of the Falklands next year, there will no doubt be a lot of coverage on events. One question to ask Mog if you speak to him again, how would the conflict have gone if we still had an Audacious class carrier flying Phantoms and Buccaneers? With a lot more aircraft with longer range, tactics would have probably been different?

@10percenttrue 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Paul. Hoping to get Mog’s wingman from the triple A-4 kill on the channel in the New Year. Will ask him those questions 👍🏻

@sedlo 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent interview! Mr. Morgan has such interesting stories, and commits certainly an interesting career path. The DIY chaff set up was quite surprising and interesting to hear! Necessity is the mother of invention, I guess!

@RobertWilliams-us4kw 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic interview, with so much self reflection (good and bad) and honesty by Mr Morgan. Can I ask the name of the interviewer of this program? I fully appriciate his interviewing technique - not interjecting and sensible question....kudos to you! Rob

@10percenttrue 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Rob. My name is Steve Davies.

@distortedreality4603 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview ! Enjoyed his book as well, I can only imagine the thumbs down is from an Argentine 😆

@JL-uv1ms 4 жыл бұрын

A few things stand out,don`t crucify me if I get something wrong but the Harrier GR-3 system of 4 nozzles that rotate on bicycle chain,rotates 90degrees straight aft to vertical fully aft sl forward to control vector thrust of engine so you can go vertical,the fact that the at 450 knots,with high G bow roll gives 4-5 thousand lbs thrust backwards,so you can go from 450knts down to 150knts quickly.Pilots are spoiled in this age of advanced electronics,the pilot with no auto pilot,in the middle of combat now has to do math to obtain,heading,speed,position of the opposing aircraft,in order to lock on and kill,although" Mog" Morgan is humble he had to be quite astute to perform all these things,then maneuver his aircraft with less capability than his enemy flying more maneuverable jets,Mirage 3,Daggers.His fathers advice to him stuck in my mind,if you are flying with someone good and someone lucky,fly with the one who is lucky!!!Quite an amazing pilot!! Thank You Steve and Dave"Mog" Morgan very exciting and fun to learn!

@finchleyflyer 4 жыл бұрын

A very unusual route to a Harrier seat! So he managed to skip fast jet training at Valley and then TWU, going straight from helicopters to the Harrier OCU? Great interview, looking forward to catching up on parts 2 & 3.

@10percenttrue 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Peter. Yes, an unconventional route, for sure. Amazing to think of the kind of aptitude required to succeed in this way.

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 6 ай бұрын

Sea Harrier really suited for air combat in Falklands or was it poor training and doctrine.

@paulwood3460 3 жыл бұрын

March 1982 ??? April 1982

@ratsac 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mate. I've just found your channel and really enjoying the excellent content and guests. But the editing between parts is really losing me. The parts just finish without warning and there's no overlap with the next part. In this vid he finishes talking about the jerry-rigged chaff system but it just finishes abruptly with no outro. Part 2 starts with hi talking about something else. There's a few like this and I kept thinking I must have corrupted downloads (I mainly listen to the podcast in the car). Suggest maybe you have short outro between parts and then start with a few seconds of part 1 at the start of part 2 so you can tell where you left off. Anyway, keep up the great work!

@10percenttrue 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the constructive feedback! I've now started doing an outro at the end of each episode (check out my latest YF-23 video). I'll also look at recording dedicated intros to the follow-on parts - should be easy to do!