A VC10 holds the subsonic transatlantic speed record? I'm amazed! It's a lovely aeroplane, my second favorite airliner after Concorde, but having been designed to meet a BOAC spec for good 'hot and high' short field performance on the Empire routes (just before those airfields were extended for the Boeings!) I'd assumed it carried a cruise performance penalty?
A Concorde once did LON - NY in about 2hrs 50 ish. What did the '10 do it in?