A Little VC10derness

Right engine, wrong model! A lovely Rolls Royce Conway RCo.42 at the Rolls-Royce Heritage Centre in Derby. @rollsroycegroup.bsky.social

#VC10birthday no.2: Today is the anniversary of G-ASIX's first flight in 1964. The second BUA Standard was BAC's 600th turbine powered transport. It flew for BCal before being sold on as the Sultan of Oman's private jet. Now preserved at @BrooklandsMuseu www.vc10.net/History/Indi...

#VC10birthday no.1: Today is the anniversary of G-ARVG's first flight in 1963. 'VG was initially used for crew training before its service with BOAC. Converted to the first K2 tanker ZA141, it served with the RAF for 17 years including during the Gulf War. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

See here for a full review of the latest #VC10 book: www.vc10.net/Misc/JohnMcC... Spoiler alert.... it's a good book! 😃

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of 5H-MMT's first flight in 1966. The second airframe for EAA, it was converted to a K3 tanker for the RAF and became famous for carrying out the last ever landing of a VC10. The airframe was scrapped in 2021. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XV105's first flight in 1967. This was the first C1(K) to operate the Washington schedule in 1970. It carried VIPs, flew with an anniversary tail and was finally retired in 2011 after 44 years and 38272 hours. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGH's first flight in 1965. This Super VC10 flew with BOAC and BA for 52862 flying hours and was used to test a Decca Omnitrack system as well as early datalink systems. It was scrapped in 1987 at RAF Abingdon. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGB's first flight in 1964. This second Super VC10 flew to Johannesburg for tropical trials. BOAC/BA used the aircraft for many years, accumulating 55890 hours by the time it was retired in 1981 and later scrapped. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

Today is Battle of Britain day. It is also exactly 40 years ago that the memorial for RAF 10 Squadron, at their former base of RAF Melbourne in Yorkshire, was inaugurated. C1 XV104 overflew the memorial at the appropriate moment, there is a photo here: www.vc10.net/Memories/Cha...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGO's first flight in 1968. This Super VC10 flew with BOAC and BA for just six years. on 3rd March 1974 it was hijacked, flown to Schiphol Airport and set on fire. The airframe was later scrapped. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

IWM Survey IWM Survey

The IWM have sent out a rather lengthy and very woke survey about their image. Considering the impending closure of the Lord Ashcroft gallery, it would be good if as many people as possible voice their opinion. The survey can be found here: indigo.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of 5X-UVA's first flight in 1966. The first airframe for EAA was used for promotional photos and carried out some firsts. It crashed during take off from Addis Ababa in 1972. Unfortunately 43 pax and crew died. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

I did all of my modelling in my teens and early twenties, hand-painting details onto 1:72 scale air- and groundcrew figures was easy then.... Not sure I would be able to do the same now. As I don't have any workspace available, I will just have to postpone this particular experience.

Have they been in touch with Amber Tamblyn yet? 😉 "My name is Harper, Jenny Harper...."

The part I'm dreading most is the fact that my near sight is slowly getting worse and taking up this pastime will probably force me to adopt measures...

You just made me remember that I may still have a Fw200 model hiding in my storage boxes somewhere... pretty sure I bought a 1:72 scale Luftwaffe Condor model at some point but never built it. I think it's this version.... is that worth re-starting a scale modeling hobby after more than 20 years? 😆

Five stars and selected book of the month in The Aeroplane Magazine for September! In case you were still unsure, this should help with your decision: www.air-britain.co.uk/actbooks/aca...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGK's first flight in 1967. This Super VC10 flew with BOAC and BA and operated the last scheduled service from Blantyre via Dar-es-Salaam and Larnaca to London. It was scrapped in 1999 at RAF Manston. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

Random #VC10 logbook entry. On this day in 1985 (12th August) #VC10 C1 XR810 operated from Brize to Wildenrath, Decimomanou and back to Wildenrath and Brize. Captain S/L Knapp, E/O Spence. 6h05m flying in total. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of ZA147's first flight in 1985. Built for EAA as 5H-MMT, it served with 101 Squadron as a tanker and a sniffer for 28 years. It carried out the last-ever VC10 flight on 25th September 2013. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASIW's first flight in 1964. The 1st BUA #VC10 carried a Rolls-Royce across Africa and was later sold to Air Malawi. After a five year career with them, it ended up at Chileka where it decayed and was scrapped. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of ZD242's first flight in 1993. Ex BOAC/BA Super #VC10 G-ASGP, this was the first K4 tanker to fly and after 14 years as a tanker it was used for ageing airframe research at Boscombe Down. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XR809's first flight in 1966. After only three years and 3484.30 hours with the RAF it was converted into the RB211 test-bed for Rolls-Royce. It was scrapped at RAF Kemble in 1982. www.vc10.net/History/Indi...

An Image of Innocence Abroad Neither photographer Ruth Orkin nor her subject Jinx Allen realized the stir the collaboration would make

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#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XV109's first flight in 1968. 'Arthur Scarf VC', was the last C1(K) to join 10 Squadron. It set four FAI speed records between the UK and the Falklands in 1987 and served the RAF for 42 years before retiring in 2010. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XV104's first flight in 1967. Named 'James McCudden VC', this C1(K) carried John McCarthy home in 1991 and in 2006 celebrated 40 years of VC10 service for the RAF. It was retired in 2012. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVM's first flight in 1964. It was the last Standard built for BOAC, was briefly hijacked and ended up at RAFM Cosford. Its fuselage is now preserved at The Brooklands Museum and houses an exhibition. www.vc10.net/History/Indi...

YouTube video by BBC Archive 1968: How to Travel by PLANE in the 60s | Blue Peter | Retro Transport | BBC Archive

Some lovely footage of London Airport and Standard #VC10 G-ARVM in this Blue Peter clip (just ignore the references to a Super VC10): youtu.be/_RGI8xLOmp0?...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVF's first flight in 1963. This airframe flew the 1000 hour route proving trial and was later sold to Abu Dhabi's Sheik Zayed. It is preserved in Hermeskeil, Germany. www.vc10.net/History/Indi...

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of ZA148's first flight in 1984. This ex-EAA Super was used to develop the tanker variant, took part in the flypast for HM The Queen's 80th birthday and went to Newquay before being scrapped in 2023. www.vc10.net/Airframes/cn...