On the ninth of July 1963 a Vulcan of what I believe was 101 Squadron flew non-stop, in a record time, from UK to Australia with the assistance of the Valiant Tankers of 214 Squadron which were positioned at strategic points along the route. The final refuel took place near to Gan in the Maldives. The hope was that the Australians would be interested in buying some of the bombers. The current record is also down to 101 Squadron with a VC10 as reported elsewhere. I was fortunate in being involved in both flights.