The Omani VC10 at the Brooklands Museum suffered a minor break-in on 23rd October and is now missing a standby Attitude Indicator from the flight deck. On behalf of the museum I would like to ask everyone to keep an eye out for a Ferranti Standby Artificial Horizon, as shown on the accompanying image. Hopefully it will surface somewhere so that it can be reinstalled on the aircraft. Thanks!
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By: 1batfastard - 25th October 2017 at 08:58
Hi All,
Obvious candidates would be anyone associated with a possible VC10 cockpit restoration going under the radar unless that particular instrument could fit
into other cockpits ? But like already mentioned probably stolen to order it’s just so sad when the RSOUL could have even asked where to buy or if
anybody has one going spare ?
I am sure the aviation community would all come together if someone was wanting a particular instrument as favour to help. It’s a two way street you get
what you need and the donator could be helped out in the future with their wants. It’s a no brainer to me but to just steal what basically is of no use to
anybody other than to be installed in another VC10 just pathetic and sad lonely people…:mad:
Geoff.
By: Wyvernfan - 24th October 2017 at 20:40
What a bizarre and very precise item to steal. Maybe it was spotted and targeted by one of the visitors during the recent open day?!
Rob
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th October 2017 at 19:56
What a shame. What a lot of trouble and risk, to say nothing of the potential damage to the aircraft, for the thief to go to for one instrument.
I shall be aware of being offered it, however it is the master AH/ADI I’m after, not the standby.
Anon.
By: FLY.BUY - 24th October 2017 at 19:33
Oh dear, sorry to hear this, I was also told sometime back that the other VC10 fuselage at Brooklands had the hub caps stolen from its control yokes.
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October 24, 2017 at 7:23 pm