Thanks for that Steve! It does shed some more light on the issue, but I still cannot see how a VC10 with a reg like that could have been there in 2002. The registration format you describe matches some registrations that were once carried by VC10s, but all of those have either been scrapped or are now flying for the RAF.
These are the matching registrations:
7Q-YKH Air Malawi 1974-1979, a/c scrapped in 1994
5N-ABD Nigeria Airways 1969, a/c written off in crash 1969
9G-ABO Ghana Airways 1964 – 1980, withdrawn from use, stored at Prestwick and scrapped for spares for RAF use.
9G-ABP Ghana Airways 1965 – 1968, leased to MEA and destroyed in Israeli commando raid in 1968
5X-UVA East African Airways 1966 – 1972, destroyed in take off accident
5H-MMT EAA 1966 – 1977, now flying as ZA147 with RAF 101 Sqn
5Y-ADA EAA 1967 – 1977, now flying as ZA148 with RAF 101 Sqn
5X-UVJ EAA 1969 – 1977, now flying as ZA149 with RAF 101 Sqn
5H-MOG EAA 1970 – 1977, now flying as ZA150 with RAF 101 Sqn
Basically there are no complete VC10 fuselages left anywhere in the world, other than those flying with the RAF or the four examples that are in museums.
Which leaves us with an interesting puzzle….
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