I thought the Lightning rides were all bets off now in SA since the F6 piled in? I heard that there's a group out in the States that are getting a T5 back into airworthy condtion, I think in Mississippi somewhere.
I had the dubious pleasure of being in at the demise of the Lightning in '88. I remember speaking to (I think it was ) Dave Roome who told me he took a Lightning up to 88,000 ft over Singapore and could see from Vietnam all the way down the Malay peninsula.
Mind you, that was back in the day when we had an Air Force. There aren't enough guys in the RAF to half fill Old Trafford now. Literally.
I've just reminded myself I know an excellent story about a Hunter spinning over Singapore but is far better told by the culprit.