Peter Harris is a British aircraft pilot and former two star senior officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) with extensive flying and command experience.
Harris recalls his first flying experience as the flight from England to Kenya in a C-4 Argonaut when his family moved there when he was 7 years old.
[2][3] Harris was selected for an exchange with the US Navy and US Air Force during which his expertise with the Harrier assisted the US Marines specification of the AV-8B while part of the Aircraft Systems Advisory Panel (ASAP) while working closely with McDonnell Douglas.
During this period, MD invited Harris to fly the experimental YAV-8B at Whiteman Air Force Base.
The brief exchange was with a French Air Force wing at Dijon, which had a symbol of a Stork commemorating the WW1 ace Georges Guynemer.