Export VC-10?

[HaveQuick2]

Does anyone have any info regarding this?

The picture was posted from a third/fourth hand source who was requesting an ID. Not photoshopped is it?

[BEagle]

The aircraft was briefly used as a movie prop on an opportunity basis in the early 1990s in Germany.

I seem to recall that a donation to charity was made by the movie company.

[Nimman]

May 1990 at Gatow if I recall. I believe the film that it was used in was not released.

[BEagle]

I heard that it went straight to video and wasn't released for the cinema.

[wub]

The aircraft still has the RAF serial XR808

[Dan Gerous]

Any idea of the film title? I remember seeing this in the aviation press at the time.

[Courtney Mil]

They had to borrow the 10 for the film because the Americans (nor anyone else) didn't have big jet as good looking. She's a beauty.

[Tonkenna]

There is a photo of that in one of the current aviation mags that has a big article on the VC10s 50th anniversary, although the pic and the brief explanation are in an article about Gatow as mentioned above... I will hunt out the article tomorrow.

Tonks

[HaveQuick2]

Thanks all, you are fonts of knowledge.

[Dockers]

Article in Classic Aircraft Sep 2012 edition "Front Line of the Cold War" by Air Cdre Wilkinson CVO RAF(Ret'd). Picture p.86, details p.88.

[ORAC]

Brief mention here by "Lord Flasheart"

The Miniatures Page:

.....We often get pinged to be extras as its quicker to get us upto speed than some real extras. I've been SAS for Granada TV, A armed guard for a Computer Security film, a WW1 RFC groundcrew and a WW2 German Soldier. Most bizarre of the lot was at RAF Gatow, Berlin as a USAF honour guard Sgt for a Gene Hackman film that used a RAF VC10 with USAF markings on the side and us as the USAF wanted far too much money us we got 150 quid each for 2 days and i got to chat to a great actor for about 20 mins......

[ROSUN]

The film was called "The Package" with Tommy Lee Jones and Pam Grier.

[Tonkenna]

Thanks Dockers, that was the one I saw but didn't have it to hand...