Although no official confirmation has been announced yet, The Brooklands Museum aims to rescue a fuselage section, lets hope there will be more news about this soon. The photos below were kindly supplied by Richard Coltman , for more images click on the link to the Flypast forums above, or look in the forums for more links. Authorised Biography of Sir George Edwards.
Sutton Publishing has now published its authorised biography of aviation legend Sir George Edwards, which was written by Robert Gardner. Having been asked by Sir George himself, Gardner has provided us with a wonderful book which manages to convey both Sir George's achievements and his personality to the reader. The VC10 is of course only a small section of Sir George's large aviation legacy and therefore does not feature very prominently in the book, but I'm sure that many who visit these pages will find it a compelling read.
To get more information about the book, or to order it directly, a mouseclick on the image at the right side of this newsitem will take you to the Amazon bookstore. Via R. Lee , July XV now also stars in some air-to-air shots, and participated in a 3-ship VC10 formation.
Flypast , August issue. On page 66 of the current issue of Flypast editor Ken Ellis comments on the recent trend of not naming military aircraft. Given the long tradition that the UK has with names instead of numbers as aircraft designators it is strange to see that several designs were never given a proper name. With several new designs on the horizon Ken Ellis feels that it is time to stop this unwelcome movement, and therefore Flypast asks its readers to come up with suitable names for the yet to fly AM military transport from Airbus, but also for the VC E-mails with suggestions including name and postal address can be addressed to melissa.
To celebrate this feat in style C Mk. These consist of a bright red tail with '40 years of RAF Service' and '' on the engine nacelles. I'm guessing that a visit to RIAT would also be a possibility, we'll wait and see!
Update 2: It performed a flypast on both days, and photos in formation with the Red Arrows! With summer weather upon us again the airshow season had obviously started again, and this means that the VC10 has also been seen at various locations around the globe. Some highlights not all of them are airshows actually include:. I'm sure there will be lots of other opportunities to see one though!
British Airways press release , April Unfortunately it looks as though only her front fuselage will be traveling, with the rest of the aircraft destined for the scrapman. In January of this year a press release that, as turned out later, should not have been released, made it onto the internet stating that the future of the collection of airliners at Cosford known as the 'BA Collection' was under review by the boards of trustees of both the RAF Museum and British Airways.
When all the commotion died down again the fate of the airliners remained under review and all went quiet. Last week a British Airways press release finally broke the silence, stating that four of the five airliners would be moving to the Museum of Flight at East Fortune, Scotland, but only two would be moving as a whole. Not all the details of the situation are known today, but work seems to have started already on dismantling of the so the other airliners may soon follow.
For more about this situation, and a chance to share your views on this, have a look at the forum on this site. Gateway magazine , March issue. The article commemorates the aircraft and highlights its significance to the development of this major version of the VC10, which is still in frontline service today. A PDF version of the magazine can be downloaded through the link above. This means that all the VC10s that are not away on detachment or undergoing major maintenance can be seen around the airfield again.
First flown on 7 May as G-ASGA on the short trip from Brooklands to Wisley, it paved the way for the stretched, higher capacity Super VC10 to take back some of the market that was slowly but surely falling in the hands of rival Boeing's It's career didn't end there as it did for many other Super VC10s, as it's structure seemed sound enough to warrant conversion to VC10 K4 tanker specification.
Today the curtain finally dropped though. A road accident on the evening of Saturday, 10th December sadly took the life of Dizzy Addicot, ex-Vickers test pilot and airshow personality. Photographs are Crown Copyright - all rights reserved - unless credited to an individual photographer. Gateway - RAF. Ethernet gateway - HP. Recommend Documents. Gateway - RAF May 26, - facebook.
Journal Meals of steak, gammon and salad were served to us at seats far less cramped than those on most passenger aircraft. The tables between them meant it was possible for us to play Trivial Pursuit to keep boredom at bay.
And there were even beds for those who wanted to catch up on a bit of shut-eye. Most of the seats in the plane had been stripped out to make room for freight - on this trip, a consignment of some 3, cards and parcels for the troops, plus supplies of festive foodstuffs.
Also on board were copies of Saturday's national newspapers. Their arrival set another new record - the first time papers had reached the Falklands on the day of publication.
Since this is usually an easier run, the flight time record could topple again. The return leg of the Falklands trip notched up another record when 47 minutes was knocked off the record flight time they set up on Saturday on the southbound journey. The north-bound run is easier than the south-bound because the aircraft is flying with the wind, and only one mid-air refuelling is required rather than the two required on the southern leg.
He will now submit details of the flights to the club within five days so the records can be officially established. With thanks to I. MacMillan, J. McCrickard, J. Ager, M. Westwood, Wg Cdr Peter Morgan. Click here for a list of abbreviations And for the technical minded: Click here to view the background picture s.
Image from Gateway Magazine, February A larger version of the map showing the route taken by XR on its non-stop trip and the refuelling areas used. The FAI records this as a London-Port Stanley trip and probably calculated the speed based on the great circle distance between these places.
Unfortunately the matching certificate for the return trip has not been found yet. XV taxiing in at Mount Pleasant airfield on 20 December Photo J. Ager XV after its arrival at the Falklands. The full text of the article is further down the page. Copyright The Oxford Times, December The certificate for the non-stop record from Brize to Mount Pleasant. Image from 10 Squadron records. A group photo after XR's arrival at Mount Pleasant. Last but not least, no.
The 22 aircraft in service at this time are used for operational missions involving droppings, parachute operations, air despatch, freight distribution and humanitarian aid. The aircraft are modified through the years of service. The current J-model, in service since , has a revised flight deck with modern glass-cockpit and head-up displays, allowing a two-pilot flight deck operation.
The aircrafts cockpit is fully night-vision compatible with the use of night-vision goggles. A separate Air Loadmaster station has been established in the cargo hold.
We have eight aircraft in service. This enables us to project and sustain an effective combat force and also peacekeeping or humanitarian missions worldwide.
Even though RAF Brize Norton has a 10, feet runway, our C can operate into small airfields with runways as short as 3, feet long and only 90 feet wide. Production of the C ended in May The last VC was withdrawn from service in September In the middle of the plane the chairs can be replaced for several hospital beds and medical equipment. The K Mk3 is a three-point tanker with an additional center line hose for larger receiving aircraft.
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