TCF - was that the one (early '86) that flew a circuit leaking about 8,000lb of fuel. I was in the Falklands at the time, and light blue had to adopt a very low profile as the army had some guys who were pretty upset at having a few days extra on the chuff chart.
I was standing on the line watching it stagger around the circuit trailing fuel, half expecting it to break up at any moment..... And thankfully, I haven't seen anything come that close since... The guys that came over from Lockheed just stood there open mouthed at the sight of it and could not believe it flew.
Wasn't the first impact the gear and the second one shortly afterwards his posting hitting the desk
Still, anyone remember the BA Eng Hyd CB finger problem and the resulting explosion that "opened a few panels"
