#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 vc10.net/History/Individual/…

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_809__g…

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of ZD230's first flight in 1994. The Super prototype, converted to K4 tanker, was the third K4 to fly. It flew for 4901 hours in RAF service before its final flight to RAF St. Athan (in 2005) where it was scrapped. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_851__g…

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_882__5…

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_835__X…

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_858__g…

#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 before retiring in 1981 and being scrapped. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_852__g…

Random #VC10 logbook entry. On this day in 1966 (22nd Sept) Standard VC10 G-ARVF operated BA780 from London to Cairo, continuing to Bahrein. Captain Frish. vc10.net/History/Individual/…

A brief bit of blue sky over Duxford. Don’t know how I managed to catch it… rain seems to have been the major airshow act today. Oh, and 15 Spitfires of course!

Always nice when colleagues clean up their cupboards and think of you….

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_865__g…

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_881__5…

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_861__g…

I have just added two photos and a lot of flights to the page about G-ARVH. Basically, every flight Captain Tony Frish ever flew on G-ARVH is now listed here: vc10.net/Airframes/cn_810__g…, providing more details about the career of this airframe.

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_882__5…