Really enjoyed this though it was slightly gung-ho in the re-telling but fair enough. Have my doubts over the mission itself and I remember reading Sea Harrier over the Falklands years ago and the guy who wrote that was very disparaging about the whole mission, though being in the navy I suppose he would be.
Here’s the thing though- I realise there was a large psychological element to the mission but on a practical level- one single bomb from the stick that was dropped actually landed on the runway and they counted this as a success. Surely even the most ill-equipped forces could easily repair a single crater in a runway fairly easily?
Also did anyone else catch the bit about the navigator not having a map of the southern hemisphere so he used another map turned upside down or something? Can anyone explain what they meant here? I didn’t catch it properly but was really intrigued.