VC10 what a great jet!

Amazing selection Si, you lucky son of….:D :diablo:.

Looking good there cant wait to see the real thing.

James

James,
Whilst I was at BZZ, I noticed an A330 in all white scheme parked near 99 Sdn which is the C17 squadron, didn’t get a picture of it but there was an awful lot of interest in the jet. It had a an Egyptian reg, maybe a MRTT contender?

I work near the Future Tanker guys, I will find out what the latest is on the new jets and post something. Incidentally, the VC10 guys were saying that the aircraft will be in service until at least 2013.

All the best

Si

Looking good there cant wait to see the real thing.

James

Yeah that going to be cool an A330 in RAF Colours…

Might look a bit like this…?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RAF_MRTT.JPG

They are all ex BA to the best of my knowledge ? And BA, along with BAE and Boeing proposed to offload their current 767’s for conversion to KC-767 tankers and supply to the RAF to replace the current Tristar and VC-10 tankers.

In the end the RAF opted for the A330 tanker, which should start to enter service in a couple of years.

Yeah that going to be cool an A330 in RAF Colours alongside VC-10’s and Timmys 😀

good information the TriStar’s are gonna be converted to “glass” flightdecks!

SO that could give them longer life flying in the RAF?

James

Well Ren,the engine mounts on the Trident are licenced parts of sud aviation (Caravelle era although DH gave the Caravelle the flightdeck section under licence so one for you one for me so to speak),ill show ya the plates when you pop in the avp and visit WZK .:rolleyes: .

Still trying to find that all elusive weekend off work Neil ! 😉

Well Ren,the engine mounts on the Trident are licenced parts of sud aviation (Caravelle era although DH gave the Caravelle the flightdeck section under licence so one for you one for me so to speak),ill show ya the plates when you pop in the avp and visit WZK .:rolleyes: .

Yeah and British,apart from the stab (Sud Aviation France):rolleyes:

Ooh… shut your ears “ZK” ! 😀 😀 😀

without doubt the best looking airliner ever built

Yeah and British,apart from the stab (Sud Aviation France):rolleyes:

Ren,not all of the TriStar’s were BA ones.Three were Pan Am .:rolleyes:

Cheers for the info Neil, I thought they were all BA’s.

ah excellent.. VC 10 has to be one of the most graceful birds ever.

I second that, without doubt the best looking airliner ever built!

Also from good information the TriStar’s are gonna be converted to “glass” flightdecks!

Ren,not all of the TriStar’s were BA ones.Three were Pan Am .:rolleyes:

Some off there Tristars are ex BA?

James

They are all ex BA to the best of my knowledge ? And BA, along with BAE and Boeing proposed to offload their current 767’s for conversion to KC-767 tankers and supply to the RAF to replace the current Tristar and VC-10 tankers.

In the end the RAF opted for the A330 tanker, which should start to enter service in a couple of years.

The Nimrod was introduced in 1969 if my memory serves me correct,The VC-10 was introduced to the RAF in 1966,if anyone can correct me please do,im a civil person at heart.:D

They are indeed,if not the aircraft would be grounded.Bear in mind they will fly untill 2015,Says it all about a tough built British aircraft!:D

And the Longest Running British Built aircraft ever to fly or is it the Nimrod?

James

and are BAe Systems supporting the VC-10?

They are indeed,if not the aircraft would be grounded.Bear in mind they will fly untill 2015,Says it all about a tough built British aircraft!:D

By the way a good freind of mine is a training captain on the RAF VC-10 fleet he says the “best” ex airline Supers are the ex East African aircraft (they have lower hours) and were fitted with the cargo door as standard.He says the ex BA ones are not that good and are high houred!!:D

At least they are still going strong 😀 and are BAe Systems supporting the VC-10?

James

Cracking pics! Thanx for sharing them. The VC10 is attractive to be sure………almost as much as the IL62!…but not quite;)

ah excellent.. VC 10 has to be one of the most graceful birds ever.