The reason 230 stayed on is they managed to do in 10 years what it took 72 33 years to do....
Ie make large dents in all sorts of fields in NI.
Lets not get sidetracked into 72 vs 230. Remember we were all together in NI to fight the common enemy - the AAC.
As for the jet girls: I'll never forget the Mont de Marsan (sp?) Tiger Meet where 74 did an excellent fly past for a farewell. Shame the baggage pod opened and distributed their shreddies down the runway. My how we smirked as we kept loading the cases of wine into the back of our non-punchy cab.