sad looking VC10

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Originally Posted by Jhieminga

From 'The Grub Street Dictionary of International Aircraft Nicknames, Variants and Colloquial Terms' by John Horton:
The 'Iron Duck' nickname wasn't in there, but, as mentioned before, I suspect (know) that this was from the earlier BOAC 707/VC10 rivalry days. I know at least one VC10 pilot also referred to it as such: The aircraft I didn’t want to fly. He also explains in this story why he had mixed feelings about his time on the VC10.

I always thought the RAF referrred to it as the 'Vickers Funbus'.