IAT at Bournemouth - late 1980's.
Monday lunchtime all aircraft have departed apart from single F4 parked northside in the static park. Pilot hasn't seen his Nav since Saturday evening
. Nav eventually rolls up and F4 taxies for departure.
Unrestricted climb coordinated by us in ATC and aircraft requests single circuit before departing. Aircraft disappears into the gloom as it commences a low level circuit to the north. It appears less than a minute later on the centreline for 26 at Hurn at
very high speed. Best beat up I have ever seen - and I had seen a fair few. All vortices and moisture effect in the damp air. Pulls up into the overcast and climbs as vertically as a Phantom can climb. Even remember the callsign -4OM33.