#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVK's first flight in 1964. This #VC10 flew for BOAC and BA for 11 years, was used by Gulf Air and would become a RAF K2 tanker. Early in its career it lost a door. Retired in 1998, it was scrapped in 2001. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday 2/2 Today is also the anniversary of ZD240's first flight in 1994. This ex-BOAC Super VC10 became a K4 tanker and served in several conflict zones with 101 Squadron before its retirement in 2005. It was scrapped at RAF St. Athan. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday 1/2 Today is the anniversary of ZA142's first flight in 1984. This ex-BOAC Standard VC10 delivered fuel as a K2 tanker for 17 years and would carry out the last ever flight of a BOAC Standard VC10 in 2001. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday 2/2 Today is also the anniversary of ZA149's (second) first flight in 1985. This ex-EAA airframe would become one of 101 Sqn's 'supertankers' and spent another 28 years delivering fuel. The front fuselage is now at Sharjah. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday 1/2 Today is the anniversary of XR807's first flight in 1966. The second RAF airframe was at the 1966 Farnborough show and was used for acceptance trials by the RAF. It flew for 42737 hours before its final landing at Bruntingthorpe in 2011. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGF's first flight in 1965. One of the Super VC10s to be marked 'BOAC-Cunard', it flew until 1981 and carried out the last scheduled service for BA. It was broken up for spare parts at RAF Brize Norton. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
I’m a bit late with today’s #VC10birthday wishes, but that’s because I was having too much fun at the aviation fair at @kemptonpark.bsky.social today (and spent too much money…. 😆).
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XV107's first flight in 1968. It took part in the Farnborough Air Show that same year and would be used to carry several VIPs during its career. It was retired in 2011 and was broken up at Bruntingthorpe. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of 5Y-ADA's first flight in 1967. The third airframe for EAA suffered a four-engine flame out in 1967. It became a K3 tanker for the RAF and retired to Newquay in 2013. Sadly, it was broken up in 2023. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGE's first flight in 1965. This Super #VC10 flew with BOAC/BA and was retired in 1980. The airframe was initially stored at Prestwick, ferried to RAF Brize Norton and broken up for parts at this location. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGM's first flight in 1968. This Super #VC10 flew with BOAC/BA, then became a RAF K4 tanker as ZD241 and continuyed to delight visitors and passengers at Bruntingthorpe after its last flight. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVJ's first flight in 1964. The ninth production example for BOAC, this #VC10 carried out the first service on 29 April 1964. It ended up at Brize Norton as ZD493 but never flew for the RAF. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGJ's first flight in 1967. This Super VC10 flew with BOAC and BA for 47925 flying hours. It was scrapped in 1987 to provide spares for the RAF fleet. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVC's first flight in 1963. The third production example for BOAC, this #VC10 was later used by Gulf Air before being converted to a K2 tanker. It was scrapped at RAF St. Athan in 2001. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of 5H-MOG's first flight in 1970. The last #VC10 built, it flew for EAA before becoming a RAF tanker. It carried out the second to last VC10 flight and is the only complete K3 tanker left, stored at Dunsfold. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGR's first flight in 1969. The last Super VC10 built for BOAC. It was hijacked in Dubai and carried HM The Queen to New Zealand. Parts were later studied to understand how the airframe aged. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGD's first flight in 1965. This Super VC10 may have been named 'Canopus'. It was initially registered to BOAC-Cunard, carried HM The Queen and ended its career at Brize, being broken up for spare parts. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGI's first flight in 1966. This Super VC10 flew for BOAC/BA, took part in the Daily Mail Trans Atlantic Air Race and ended up as a source of spare parts at RAF Abingdon. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of the first flight of VC10 C1(K) XV101. It flew for the first time on 11 January 1967, from Weybridge to Wisley. It operated the last flight on the Brize-Washington route in 1995 and was retired in 2011. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
A day late: New year, new #VC10birthday Jan 1st is the anniversary of G-ASGC's first flight in 1965. The third Super for BOAC, this #VC10 is at
@IWMDuxford and cared for by the @DuxfordDAS (Duxford Aviation Society). www.vc10.net/History/Indi... koop l/GASGC.html
2/2 #VC10birthday Today is also the anniversary of ZA143's first flight in 1982. Previously G-ARVK, this Standard #VC10 lost a passenger door during a CofA renewal flight, some years before its conversion to a K2 tanker. Scrapped in 2001 at St. Athan. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
1/2 #VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGL's first flight in 1967. This Super VC10 flew for BOAC/BA, became famous for running down four engines in flight, carried out the last BA flight and was converted to a K4 tanker as ZD240. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVB's first flight in 1962. The second production example for BOAC, this #VC10 carried out the tropical trials for the type in Torrejon, Spain and Johannesburg, South Africa. It was scrapped in 1976. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVI's first flight in 1963. This BOAC Standard #VC10 later flew for Gulf Air as A4O-VI and was converted to a K2 tanker as ZA142. It flew the last operational flight as well as the final flight of this subtype. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of ZA150's first flight, after conversion to a #VC10 K3 tanker, in 1984. Last #VC10 built, first K3 tanker to be delivered to 101 Sqn, second last #VC10 to fly, only Super VC10 tanker left. Now at Dunsfold. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
Get ready for several #VC10birthday posts, the pre-Christmas #getthemoutofthehangar rush is coming...
One day late: #VC10birthday. Yesterday was the anniversary of ZA235's first flight as a tanker in 1995. Over seven years it flew an additional 2669 flying hours, dispensing fuel to other airframes. It was withdrawn from service in 2002. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday no.2: Today is also the anniversary of ZA144's first flight as a K2 tanker. It had the highest serial, but was not the last to be delivered. Ex-G-ARVC, it spent 16 years with 101 Squadron delivering fuel, before retirement in 2000. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday no.1: Today is the anniversary of XR810's first flight in 1966. Named 'David Lord VC' in a ceremony at RAF Brize Norton it later took part in the Daily Mail Trans Atlantic Air Race. The team set a winning time but was disqualified. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XR806's first flight in 1965. As the first of the RAF's C1 models, it was used for flight testing. Having flown over 35000 hours it tipped on its tail during a refuelling accident in 1997 and was later scrapped. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...
