I haven’t said this very often, but I have to agree with Beagle. The VC 10 is a tremendous aircraft, put the sentimentality aside, four eating, breathing aircrew on the flight deck that can and are encouraged to contribute in all situations along with incredible operating procedures, without being too restrictive, and training make it truly a flexible and great aircraft. It will indeed be a very sad day for the Air Force and aviation in general when the mighty 10 flies no more.
4 x Crew = 4 x Airmanship. 2 x Crew and some boxes… I don’t think so.