No.10 Squadron RAF VC10 survivors?

Many thanks indeed for that Archer .
One does query ones recollections at times -sometimes justifiably.
Now, what about the “Superb”…..? 🙂

Looking at the article on the VC10 in the September 2007 Aeroplane Monthly, I got the distinct impression that Barry Jones puts all RAF VC10s as having the long fuselage of the Super – e.g length of VC 10 C Mk 1 quoted as 171 ft 4 in.
Although having some of the Supers’ characteristics , such as the fuel tank in the fin and its thrust reversers , IIRC the RAF C Mk 1 Ten had a standard VC 10 fuselage length. (158ft 8in.)
Anybody like to clear this one up?

You are right, the C Mk.1s have the ‘Standard’ fuselage length of 158ft 8in. In the RAF fleet the K3s and K4s are long fuselage models, having been BOAC and East African Super VC10s in their previous lives. The now gone K2 models were converted BOAC Standard VC10s and therefore also had the short fuselage.

For more details have a look at my site here and here. There is also a good table of differences between the various RAF VC10s on Rick Lee’s website here.

Looking at the article on the VC10 in the September 2007 Aeroplane Monthly, I got the distinct impression that Barry Jones puts all RAF VC10s as having the long fuselage of the Super – e.g length of VC 10 C Mk 1 quoted as 171 ft 4 in.
Although having some of the Supers’ characteristics , such as the fuel tank in the fin and its thrust reversers , IIRC the RAF C Mk 1 Ten had a standard VC 10 fuselage length. (158ft 8in.)
Anybody like to clear this one up?

Just flown over RAF St Athan via Google Maps and I noticed a VC10 being scrapped. Not sure but I think its an original C1K. Question: does anyone know how many of the original No.10 Squadron machines still exist. I’d love to see more than one preserved.

One Idea I had some time ago was for the RAF to arrange a few final flights, with paying “civilian” passengers. I’d love to fly in a VC10 again – before its too take – nothing fancy just a 30 minute flight around the UK.

10 out of the original 14 VC10s are still active with 101 Squadron. For a list look here: http://www.vc10.net/History/RAFVC10s.html.

As for the scrapping seen on Google Earth, there’s a chance that it’s an old image. I looked at it a while ago and posted my observations here: http://www.vc10.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=133. It was discussed on the forums here as well in those days but I’d have to do a search for that.

– nothing fancy just a 30 minute flight around the UK.

And we used to think M0.86 was fast for a VC10…….

Just flown over RAF St Athan via Google Maps and I noticed a VC10 being scrapped. Not sure but I think its an original C1K. Question: does anyone know how many of the original No.10 Squadron machines still exist. I’d love to see more than one preserved.

One Idea I had some time ago was for the RAF to arrange a few final flights, with paying “civilian” passengers. I’d love to fly in a VC10 again – before its too take – nothing fancy just a 30 minute flight around the UK.

UK serials shows 4 of the original C1 fleet broken up to date – XR806 in 1999 at Brize, the front fuselage surviving as 8296M, XR809 (ex G-AXLR) at Kemble in 1982, XR810 and XV103 at St Athan in 2002 and 2006 repectively.