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Old 18th Jan 2010, 13:45
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I worked on the VC 10 many years ago. They were dogs then fer christ sake! Can't imagine what they're like now. There are much cheaper to operate types now available that would get you to where you want to go with the added advantage that you would not have to go to museums to get spares and you could spend less time on the ground without replacing half of the airframe every C check. You could also take off without setting off every car alarm in a 20 mile radius of the runway. Imagine having a type rating on an aircraft still in production? Just counting the number of inflight meals eaten by the 2 spare seat cushion heaters in the flight deck would save the MOD enough to buy at least one A330!
I don't think even Tefal would be interested in buying the old airframes.
Sorry but they have had their time. Hell, they were past it years ago.
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