WONZ 276 - Wings Over Britain: Ross Boyens

[Dave Homewood]

Wings Over Britain Begins!

WONZ 276 - Wings Over Britain: Ross Boyens is now online. Ross is a Kiwi who joined the RAF in 1972. Among other things he flew Harriers in the Falklands War, flew in the Red Arrows aerobatic team, and he ejected after accidentally shooting his own plane down.

cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2023/06/wonz-276-wings-over-britain-ross-boyens/

[planecrazy]

That was great what a life! Landing a Harrier on the deck of a freight ship between a wall of
containers in the open seas of the Atlantic, you can only imagine. Wonder if they only had
one shot, as in if they couldn't land for whatever reason was there an option to go elsewhere?

Really looking forward to the upcoming interviews, thanks Dave.

[Dave Homewood]

This is an awesome discovery. I recently asked Ross about a certain aircraft and if it was in his logbook, and yes, he and I just discovered that the Hawker Harrier GR3 at the Ashburton Aviation Museum, XZ129, was the actual Harrier that he flew from St Mawgan in Britain down to Ascension Island! Wow!


Logbook photo from Ross Boyens.
Harrier photo from Keith Pickford.

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Amazing!!