Heads up VC10 moves from Brunty to Cosford on sunday

The inner wings are currently underway to Cosford. The fuselage was a tricky move because of its length, this next load is extra wide but it’s in good hands!

For me the VC10 is still the best ever looking aeroplane ever built and in its BOAC Livery.

Hmmmm! Shame G-ARVM wasn’t still there to be painted in BOAC markings!

(I did mean this VC10 being flown in at the point of retirement rather than being flown in now after 2 years in store).

I agree. so I think I would settle for a Harrier jet for pleasure flight’s instead. I see from a website they are doing pleasure flights in a Mig jet in Russia only 10 grand for 25 minutes you can have a go at flying the aeroplane and see the curvature of the Earth. Bargain! :very_drunk:

And even if they did I think you’d find your Euromillions win quickly thinned out!!;)

Would be great if it is restored to flying condition and in BOAC Livery. If I won the euro millions I would buy one with the idea of running pleasure flights though I don’t think somehow the CAA Would agree to it in this country.

This was prior to it being out of use – had the short landing been approved it would have flown direct to Cosford from Brize on its retirement flight rather than to Bruntingthorpe

Risk factor, or the sheer cost of restoring the aircraft to airworthy status after two years out of use?

Moggy

As I recall, the RAF did perform short landing trials for a Cosford landing, so presumably it was possible even under the stricter modern standards than applied when G-ARVM was flown in. So there must have been some risk factor that prevented it being signed off.

I’m certainly not doubting that. Just saying it could have been done far more easily, especially as a VC10 has already landed there and the VC10 was designed for difficult minimal runways.

And surely that’s the whole point :). If it had been scrapped because of a fear of flying it in safely then the forum would of gone into melt down – but it hasn’t.
A lot of care and expertise has resulted in a carefully dismantled and transported airframe going into preservation.

So surely it’s more a case of congratulations rather than questions!

Rob

I heard that both the vC-10 and Nimrod crews were asked to practice the landing into Cosford on the sim. I believe the latter was practised in excess of 60 times with 100% success rate. I was told that no one was willing to “take the risk” and sign off the authority for the flights. It does seem somewhat long winded to get them to Cosford via road, but at least they’re there.

“Bob” was the first Ten I flew in, and the last I worked on.

Like this!

http://youtu.be/sSIGd6COFb8

If they could get a B52 into Duxford…

dozens of big aircraft have flown into Cosford over the years at least 3 Vulcans 2 Victors, VC10, Comet…

Do you know how they got the B52 into Duxford?

Yes, but the past is another country, they do things differently there.

There were no risk assessments and so on back then when the other big types were flown in, years back. Most importantly, the litigation culture hadn’t developed which now makes organisations very sensitive to their vulnerability to being sued for anything and everything that might be deemed to be their fault.

If they could get a B52 into Duxford…

dozens of big aircraft have flown into Cosford over the years at least 3 Vulcans 2 Victors, VC10, Comet…

They could have possibly flown it in.

But I forget the reasons why apart from the runway being too short. regardless of the fact that BA did it 30 odd years before.

Tim

Can’t help thinking it would have been easier, and cheaper, to have flown the aircraft into Cosford.

Yep one of the two 😉

Rob

or even succumb! 😉