Here are some more photos kindly sent to me by Ian White, the story here is that an Aviation Magazine photographer came up to ABZ to capture some of our finest at work, naturally (!) Ian White and Andy Edgecombe were chosen from the cast of thousands. I think that these were taken around 1986 ish, it appears that it was mid August at the time judging by the weather.
Planning the Mission, empty coffee cup at the ready.
Andy strapping the beast to his bottom
Eng sweltering in the sun, waiting for action
Happy Bears boarding (note the happy ground dolly in her wellies)
Almost ready for the 'off' to the exotic location
The evening return
Others in the briefing rooms - maybe others can supply names.
TOD