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Greetings Friends. I apologise for my lack of Spanish the following translation is by Google. The aircraft in these photos is actually, Harrier GR3 XZ989/07 Of 1(F) Squadron RAF. The aircraft suffered an engine failure during its final approach to the F.O.B. (Forward Operating Base)...

Malvinas Islands Defence Force. Fuerza de Defensa de las Islas Malvinas. (traducción de Google)

Ken. Try this Fed-Ex link. You'll have to fiddle around with the settings etc, but it should give you an approximation of costs and timings etc. http://www.fedex.com/ratefinder/home?cc=US&language=en You may find that UPS and DHL have similar services.

Tanoarg. Please note the corrections I made to my earlier post #346 (08.32 17/02/2009) for clarification. Apologies C.H.

Thunder. Regarding your post #232 Derribo/Shoot Down Capitán Gustavo García Cuerva. I found this in one of my books and I thought you might like to see it, if you have not done so already. It is an FAA air safety poster drawn by (according to the Argentine press) Capitán Gustavo García...

Tanoarg. I agree, the patches on the horizontal tail plane section would also appear to be repairs. I regret that I am unable to confirm if these apparent repairs were also made as a result of the attack on the helicopters on the 23/05/1982. However it may be worth noting that there...

Thunder. You are correct this aircraft (ZA192) did crash on the 23/051982. That day ZA192 was involved in two sorties. The first, again piloted by Flt Lt Morgan accompasnied by ZA191 (Flt Lt Leeming) attacked two Argentine helicopters, one a Puma AE-503 from CAB601 crashed while...

Enrique. Here is one example of a damaged Sea Harrier having returned to the carrier HMS Hermes. On 01/05/1982 Sea Harrier ZA192 piloted by Flt Lt David Morgan was hit by 20mm AAA fire in the vertical stabiliser (the fin) during a bombing raid on Stanley Airport. The photograph shows...

Hola y saludos a todos. I am Condottiere Hawkwood. My interest in this conflict is of a historical perspective and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Enrique (Reydelcastillo) for his kind invitation to join the debate about the Malvinas/Malvinas conflict on your forum. I am...