Worked on it as AF/ENG from mid 1980 with 'Taff '' until it moved from 'E' squadron maintenance to A squadron. Did the strip and rebuild with 'sandy' for the RAF Abingdon boys to reskin the intakes . Must have been the last hunter done . Did exercise 'northern wedding ' from Karup spraying the USMC . The water filling of the tanks was done on that trip by the boys from Porton as it was their aeroplane so they came on the jolly . We did the cluster bomb clearance trials on it for Bae , i think probably for Oman. Cameras mounted on rear fuse and wingtips for that . Saw the footage when the drop tank was inadvertantly released instead of the bomb ! we were doing different combinations of inboard/outboard then with tanks and bombs . We also put the gunpack in and the boys did some firing at pembrey as due to everything being trials machines there was nothing for the guys to keep in practise with unless on a specific trial. My best memories are of USAF exchange TP's who on being strapped in for the first time with the separate harness [compared to T7 ] ,couldnt believe what sort of ancient heap they were getting into , but on return from first trip had a grin from ear to ear and then you couldnt get them out of it !!