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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Mar 2009, 19:33

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The VC 10

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Posted By Dysag

Test! Who said this, about what, and when?

"We have handed to the Americans, without a struggle, the entire world market for big jet airliners".

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Mar 2009, 17:48

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

Rainboe

On thread and on a more positive note:

My introduction to a "glass cockpit" was on being shown around BAC Weybridge in the early - to mid 70s.

They had a VC-10 cockpit mockup fitted with what...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Mar 2009, 21:31

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

Rainboe & Airclues

Did the VC-10 have a frequent problem with overheating brakes?

I remember as a pax on a flight back from Bangladesh, the gear stayed down for half an hour after take-off for that reason.
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Mar 2009, 12:29

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

Sud Aviation apparently never realised that a...

Sud Aviation apparently never realised that a two-crew cockpit was the way of the future.

This, and the modernised, redundant, systems that went with it was the One-Eleven's biggest contribution...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Mar 2009, 16:11

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

Yep, you can't get more massive state...

Yep, you can't get more massive state interference than having your company nationalised into British Aerospace!

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Mar 2009, 12:58

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

Long term, the Europeans and Americans will...

Long term, the Europeans and Americans will certainly have a lower relative standard of living than before, compared with the Chinese etc.

What can we do to slow the decline? Invest massively in...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

2nd Mar 2009, 12:05

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

CNH

Two important lessons which the surviving European industry is now well aware of:

1) don't design for infrastructure constraints. Concrete costs less than planes and will get there first.

2)...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Mar 2009, 19:57

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

Brain Potter

Where did you get the idea that Vickers or British Aircraft Corporation was state owned? It never was.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Feb 2009, 20:33

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,672

Posted By Dysag

JamesA & Seat62K

I know more about the 1-11 than the VC-10. The reason the One-Eleven was an (early) success was that it was designed for the world market and not specifically for the UK flag carrier. It was well...

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