RAF VC 10 – XV103 "Major Mannock VC"

Tangmere1940,

Try looking for a copy of Air Pictorial Feb 2001

It has an article plus photos on the retirement of XV103

Cheers

Never met a Mover I wouldn’t stand a beer for, same for lineys on any VASF. Rocks & Plods OTOH………. 😉

Pull up a sandbag…….we could remanace for hours:D 😀

Never met a Mover I wouldn’t stand a beer for, same for lineys on any VASF. Rocks & Plods OTOH………. 😉

To continue in the same vein – ahh! the VC10. Many hours travelling backwards between Germany and Canada, being woken up every hour or so by an Air Steward/ess asking be if I’d like a paper cup of thinly disguised orange squash, and then struggling to get back to sleep while wondering about the state of the duty-free fags in my bergen………..

Cargo door sealed with gaffer-tape, surrounded by worried-looking Toms. Or the trip where I was invited to watch from the jump-seat as we flew into Keflavik. As the crew went through the Top Of Descent checks someone noticed that one of the engines had shut itself down………..

Still, much better than travelling by Herc. Don’t worry, RM, I shall avoid the stereotypical Mover-bashing that occurs elsewhere.:diablo:

No doubt your duty-free fags were flattend by a muppet of a mover jumping up& down on your bergen in order to sqeeze a few more in:diablo: – ok I digress a little from the vein of the thread, but Mover-bashing comes with the terratory. Always remember, we Movers were hated by all & sundry………. until you were on detachment & ready to go home-then we were gods:D .

To continue in the same vein – ahh! the VC10. Many hours travelling backwards between Germany and Canada, being woken up every hour or so by an Air Steward/ess asking be if I’d like a paper cup of thinly disguised orange squash, and then struggling to get back to sleep while wondering about the state of the duty-free fags in my bergen………..

Cargo door sealed with gaffer-tape, surrounded by worried-looking Toms. Or the trip where I was invited to watch from the jump-seat as we flew into Keflavik. As the crew went through the Top Of Descent checks someone noticed that one of the engines had shut itself down………..

Still, much better than travelling by Herc. Don’t worry, RM, I shall avoid the stereotypical Mover-bashing that occurs elsewhere.:diablo:

Ahhh! the VC10- fond & not so fond memories of standing head & torso with my feet astride the baggage loaders conveyer belt, dragging sqaddies Bl***y bergans up between my legs & chucking them down the hold to some newboy mover to stack & get buried under- great in summer, but in winter when the wind was in the wrong direction-(think of brass monkeys & welding tackle- I think you get the picture:D ) even thinking about it brings a tear to my eye.

Thanks for the information!

Can anyone point me to a source for a good photograph showing the Major Mannock (or Mick Mannock?) honour title on RAF VC 10 XV103 which was, I believe, scrapped in November 2002?

Its on here twice but the pics are small… Aircraft is ‘Edward Mannock VC’.
http://www.vc10.net/History/RAFVC10s.html

As far as I know the title was for ‘Edward Mannock VC’, but I don’t have a photo on my site to verify that. Have you tried searching Airliners.net, Jetphotos.net, planepictures.net and Myaviation.net for ‘XV103’ to see if that turns up anything?