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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Sep 2011, 19:14

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The VC 10

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Posted By Brain Potter

Really? Or were they just "rigged for silent...

Really? Or were they just "rigged for silent running"?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Mar 2009, 05:13

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,684

Posted By Brain Potter

The description of the ZA141 incident came from...

The description of the ZA141 incident came from those who were flying the aircraft in the service at the time. Of course it may have become over-embellished by numerous crewroom and classroom...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Mar 2009, 06:36

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,684

Posted By Brain Potter

I believe that the BAe flight-test crew were...

I believe that the BAe flight-test crew were engaged in high-speed flutter trials with the first K2 tanker conversion ZA141 (formerly G-ARVG) . The aircraft was oversped in a dive and the crew...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Mar 2009, 14:05

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,684

Posted By Brain Potter

When a RAF VC10 goes into the hangar at St Athan...

When a RAF VC10 goes into the hangar at St Athan for it's 5-yearly deep servicing, the tailplane is removed at quite an early stage and is then given lengthy refurbishment. I'm sure that any...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Mar 2009, 13:55

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,684

Posted By Brain Potter

Come on chaps, "horizontal stabilizer" is surely...

Come on chaps, "horizontal stabilizer" is surely not a term that would have been used at Weybridge. I take it that you must mean "tailplane"? After all, TPI stands for Tail Plane Incidence. :}

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Mar 2009, 10:06

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,684

Posted By Brain Potter

Dysag, My apologies. I knew that Vickers was...

Dysag,

My apologies. I knew that Vickers was not state-owned but I thought that BAC had an element of state-ownership. A little research show that I am wrong. However, the British aircraft...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Mar 2009, 19:44

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,684

Posted By Brain Potter

There is an alternative school of thought that...

There is an alternative school of thought that ascribes BOACs 'enthusiasm' for the 707 and it's undermining of the VC10 as being down to corruption.

Whatever the attributes of the aircraft, the...

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