Originally Posted by
frieghtdog2000
Harry Mills - a blast from the past - one of the true gentlemen in BOAC - one of my favourite Captains on the VC10. He flew the VC10 (reluctantly) in Gulf Air when they bought five from BOAC but missed the Islander.
He moved from Bahrain, flying the Gulf Air VC10, to Abu Dhabi to fly the Islander....
He was rightly proud of the way he could land a VC10 like a feather; I was told that he would ask the FO and FE to let him know when the wheels touched down.