I wish I had met Mark whilst I was serving (1976 - 1985), he seems such a lovely bloke. Arrows! Respect! I had some mates on Harriers at Wittering who went 'down south' with the navy in 1982 (glad I was still in RAFG on Phantoms...). They all came back in one piece thank God. I love these stories, takes me right back to my youth. Cheers from a slightly chilly Otford, Kent, UK.
The No. 1 Squadron CO he speaks about crashing off HMS Invincible is Mark Leakey. He was my family's next door neighbor in MacDill AFB, Florida, where Leakey was on an exchange assignment in one of the F16 squadrons.
I really hope they come back to South Africa! Would love to see them live! They also spent time at Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province with the SAAF Silver Falcons. Most likely part of the Durban tour.
I wish I had met Mark whilst I was serving (1976 - 1985), he seems such a lovely bloke. Arrows! Respect! I had some mates on Harriers at Wittering who went 'down south' with the navy in 1982 (glad I was still in RAFG on Phantoms...). They all came back in one piece thank God. I love these stories, takes me right back to my youth. Cheers from a slightly chilly Otford, Kent, UK.
The No. 1 Squadron CO he speaks about crashing off HMS Invincible is Mark Leakey. He was my family's next door neighbor in MacDill AFB, Florida, where Leakey was on an exchange assignment in one of the F16 squadrons.
Well, that was both warm and enjoyable. Well done for another fascinating subject.
Cheers mate.
Seems like a great bloke.
He is indeed!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Enjoyed the story. Thank You Sir for participating in stopping Serbian aggression.
God bless.
I watched the Red Arrows in Cape Town (Oct '95)!! You must have been part of the display Mark!
thoroughly enjoyed this interview, he just smiled the entire time which makes it very likable.
Every time you think you've seen the best interview, another superb one comes along! Thank you :-)
Cheers Matt!
Brilliant.
One of the best interviews yet!
Good set of open questions, too.
Keep up the great work with these.
Cheers Darren!
What a humble dude. Impressive career
He is indeed. A top bloke.
Hey mate. You did a great job with this interview. I just became a patron. Keep them coming please.
Ravi Komatireddy Thanks very much! Keep an eye out shortly for a response via Patron buddy.
Great video guys ! Absolute privilege to watch this! x
Thanks Richard :)
Awesome - what a lucky guy to have had such an amazing career!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Well done, a great interview, both interesting and enjoyable
Cheers!
Again, great stuff!!
Cheers Marcel!
Great interview one of the best yet
Cheers!
Yet another excellent interview. Well done !
Cheers!
Fantastic interview. Thank you
Met Mark at WAterkloof , Spike and Jonathan Rands!
Great interview, especially for a Harrier mate! ;-)
Beers Ian!
Nice bloke who's had a amazing career, lucky man!!
I really hope they come back to South Africa! Would love to see them live! They also spent time at Hoedspruit in the Limpopo province with the SAAF Silver Falcons. Most likely part of the Durban tour.
That be great if did as I can imagine the scenery is amazing.
Great stuff! thanks again!
Cheers.
Cracking interview
Cheers mate
Great interview!
Thanks Stephan.
Excellent!
Cheers
Possibly the best interview so far. Thank you. By the way, what's that flashing red bulb in the cockpit?
Thanks!
It’s an attention getter for the centralised warning panel (cwp)
can't believe you were't at RIAT.
Fantastic couple of videos. Can the person who voted it down please tell us why?
When deployed to the Invicible for Iraq, was he married? Was he picked because he was single?
Type of thing that happens in green.
I was single but the RAF never took that into account when making postings. There was a mix of married and single personnel on board.