Originally Posted by
NutLoose
The surviving 10’s have been maintained on a part time basis often by ex RAF VC10 engineers and following RAF procedures, they also have been ran and the systems functioned on high speed taxy runs. They have been well looked after under the care of the teams involved, an example of how well they get looked after was the inadvertent Victor tanker short flight and controlled landing some 10 years after its retirement.
Very kind of you to say so. ‘241 was maintained very well until access to Bruntingthorpe was limited earlier this year. She was taxied (with the essential system’s functioning - hyds, electrics, flying controls etc) at least twice per year and had anti det runs through the autumn and winter every couple of months. She also had anti corrosion treatment in various places.
Obviously, in no way did this make her airworthy, but it improved the base product. If she did “do a Victor” (she wouldn’t - SOPs to stop that) I think most would be confident of a safe return to earth - if she had sufficient fuel on board!