A big thank you to the RAF Tristars as they were the reason I had 10 enjoyable years flying civvy after 216 Sqn. Northbound out of MPA was more popular than northbound out of ASI (personally). The only downside was a man named after the Visiting Aircraft Servicing Squadron . . . he was only trumped by his wife, a real charmer.
I really enjoyed the 3 man flight deck and it prepared me well for the years flying the DC10.
It will be sad to see them scrapped, but that's life. I hope the Voyager is half as successful as the Tristar was - so many years AFTER its expected out of service date.