Why the baby VC10 never flew

The VC11 or Type 1400 was the last, now forgotten, commercial transport from the great Vickers company before it was merged out of existence When British European Airways put forward a requirement for a new jetliner in July 1956, the airline hoped it would be met by a Vickers project, having been so impressed by the company’s Viscount. For Vickers it was a way of continuing aircraft design and production at the Weybridge factory, and one of the cornerstones of