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  • March 5, 2004 at 5:07 pm in reply to: How much does fuel cost? #2672096
    vicky ten
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    Yes, I have had quite a few flights in VC10’s as well, lovely old birds that they are.
    If you want to see some not so pretty VC10 sights, then follow the link to a previos thread.
    XX914 thread

    March 2, 2004 at 8:50 pm in reply to: Concorde in New York #1565578
    vicky ten
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    She just looks so out of place where she is displayed, I think the arguaments about who deserved a Concorde have long since run their course, but displayed on a barge in a city???

    March 2, 2004 at 8:46 pm in reply to: How much does fuel cost? #2675133
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    Wow….serious amounts of fuel….
    I don’t know how long it takes from Yukon to Frankfurt, but I was on an RAF TriStar from Ascension Island to the Falklands a few years ago that diverted to Monte Video. We were airbourne for over 13 hours.

    March 2, 2004 at 6:44 pm in reply to: How much does fuel cost? #2675272
    vicky ten
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    I watched a TriStar tanker being refuelled a couple of years ago, and as someone who doesn’t know much about how they take, I was amazed to see 4 Twinrig refuellers (truck-18,200 & trailer 20,000 litres) pumped into the aircraft.
    That is a total of 152,800 litres or 33,650 gallons plus whatever was still in the thing.
    Goodness knows how much that would cost, but it would earn you a few green shield stamps.

    March 2, 2004 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2675318
    vicky ten
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    Dutchy, cheers for the link, however the info with the picture is wrong, that aircraft A40-VG cn 809 entered RAF service as ZA141, the first VC10 K2.

    XX914 cn 825 Started life as a cancelled Ghana Airways aircraft 9G ABQ, becoming G-ATDJ of British United Airways, before being sold to the RAE.

    March 2, 2004 at 6:13 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2675328
    vicky ten
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    The third BA Super VC10 at BZN was ZD233 / G-ASGE, which was broken up, and went to Catterick and later Manston, being mated with ZD239 / G-ASGK to make the Super Super VC10 training airframe, both scrapped in 1999.

    In the meantime, my last photo of ZD234

    March 2, 2004 at 6:07 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2675333
    vicky ten
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    And finally, ZD234, formerly G-ASGF, I believe the cockpit survives at BZN as a tanker simulator.

    March 2, 2004 at 6:03 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2675336
    vicky ten
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    ZD232, previously G-ASGD, I believe that is the right registration, as it was 1 of only 3 BA Supers to be retired to BZN

    March 2, 2004 at 5:57 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2675367
    vicky ten
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    And another of ZD493

    March 2, 2004 at 5:54 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2675374
    vicky ten
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    Sorry Archer, that is the only piccy I have of XX914, taken during the RAF aviation society visit to Brize in Aug 1987.

    Don’t know if these photos will be of any use to you, I have already sent some to TenWeb, and you can use them too if you want.

    G-ARVJ / ZD493

    March 1, 2004 at 6:17 pm in reply to: Vc10 Xx914 #2676701
    vicky ten
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    Very nice Albert Ross, wheres the piccy from?

    February 29, 2004 at 3:48 pm in reply to: Boeing to launch an updated 727 #651408
    vicky ten
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    You’re all way off the mark, it’s actually the Super VC10 thats going back into production.

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