Heavylift Belfasts were occasional visitors throughout the 80's and 90's, up to my last record on 3/2/02.
My logbook says I operated G-BEPS EMA-LTN-VOL on the 15th May 2000. We took a replacement engine and change team for a Monarch B757 that had a birdstrike on takeoff.
When I worked in ops in the 1990's I recall we had a number of weeks of operating LHR-LTN-BRU-LHR (or something similar), in place of the regular Merchantman which had suffered fire damage during a hangar visit.
One Friday evening we got a call for a short notice car parts flight for GM, not unusual except this was empty to Melbourne (via Karachi and Singapore), then back to Luton using the B707 G-HEVY with parts from Holden. A weekend of frantic telephone calls and telexing (remember them?) for overflight permits and dropping slip crews along the route, saw the 707 on final approach to Luton on the Monday morning.......