Originally Posted by
pr00ne
possel,
The VC10 was a delightful looking aircraft but was an economic disaster built for a requirement that didn't exist.
But who wrote that non-existant requirement? From what I've read, BOAC asked for an aeroplane which could cope with runways that were short, hot and high; and that's what Vickers built them. The fact that those runways which were short were subsequently extended to accommodate the more economic American designs, was hardly the fault of Vickers.