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David Morgan DSC, nick named MOG , is a long-haul Captain on Boeing 747-400s with Virgin Atlantic Airlines.
He first got the bug for flying when his father sat him in a Spitfire when he was about seven years old, and he has been hooked ever since. He joined the Royal Navy in 1966, where he trained as a helicopter pilot before moving to the Royal Air Force in 1969 flying Wessex and later converted to the Harrier GR3 Jump Jet. In 1982 he returned to the Royal Navy as an exchange pilot on the Sea Harrier FRA2 - two months later he found himself fighting in the Falklands Conflict down in the South Atlantic. Between May and June of 1982 he flew more than 50 combat SHAR missions, both ground attack and Combat Air Patrol. He was credited with the shooting down of two Argentine helicopters and two A-4 Sky hawk fighters.
David was lucky to enough to have displayed the Sea Harrier from 1983 through to 1992, when he left the Navy to join Virgin Atlantic.
He has been flying with the team since its conception in 1999 and flies at Yak 3 but spends most of his time doing the solo displays for the team.
David is married to Caro, and has two grown-up children, Elizabeth and Charles. His daughter works as a research bio-chemist, while Charles is an estate agent.
He now spends most of his free time honing his DIY skills, and he recently published a book on his experience during the Falklands Conflict. David also regularly tries his hand at poetry, and even dabbles in Russian doll making when he has time left.
David was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross DSC for his combat operations in the South Atlantic during the Falklands Conflict.
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