One VC10 flew to Ascension Island on the 19th, continued on to Mount Pleasant on the 20th and flew back over the next two days via Ascension again. This netted four FAI ratified records for these stretches which were flown without using air-to-air refueling.
In 1985, for a period of six months, British Airways 747's operated to Mount Pleasant via Ascension. How do the VC10 times compare with the 747? For reference here are the sector times for one of my trips;
BZZ to ASI 8.20
ASI to MPN 7.30
MPN to ASI 7.30
ASI to BZZ 8.25
The turn-round times for the aircraft were 1.30 at ASI and 2.00 at MPN.
Edit.....the above times are 'chock-to-chock'. I'm afraid that I didn't record the flight times.
BTW.....we didn't use air-to-air refuelling either.