VC-10s at Bruntingthorpe
Robby wrote,
It should be XV105
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Does anybody know which tail No. it is?
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Oh dear. Now that Libya seems to have been "won" without a UK (FW) carrier along comes another attempt to divert a perfectly good thread into the carrier/Harrier bore-a-thon....
so do we have enough tankers left to get a bomber or maritime patrol aircraft down to the Falklands and back ?
Oh dear. Now that Libya seems to have been "won" without a UK (FW) carrier along comes another attempt to divert a perfectly good thread into the carrier/Harrier bore-a-thon....
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Yes
We do.
Wrathmonk - It was a perfectly reasonable question.
so do we have enough tankers left to get a bomber or maritime patrol aircraft down to the Falklands and back ?
Wrathmonk - It was a perfectly reasonable question.
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I was working outside today just south of Leicester when about 1430 I saw the VC-10 preparing to land at Brunty.
It seemed to do a flypast, then a couple of missed approaches, I got a reasonable view of it on the downwind legs. Another one bites the dust.
It seemed to do a flypast, then a couple of missed approaches, I got a reasonable view of it on the downwind legs. Another one bites the dust.
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"It should be XV105"
http://www.airport-data.com/images/a...403/403112.jpg
Got a photo of XV109 on the wall of my office (shiny
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well we dont have any maritime patrol left or bombers ......... could send a C130 instead i suppose !!!
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It was 105
High pass - followed by low overshoot and a tidy landing - but within minutes it was parked up and the Conways were shut down for the last time.
XV108 must not meet the same fate!
High pass - followed by low overshoot and a tidy landing - but within minutes it was parked up and the Conways were shut down for the last time.
XV108 must not meet the same fate!
Just out of interest and providing it is not classified information, can I ask how many VC10's the RAF still have flying, both on pax duties (if they are still allowed) and on air to air refuelling?
I understand that the tri* K1 that Marshall's were playing with will not fly again, so are we a running a little short of pax aircraft and tankers nowadays?
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I understand that the tri* K1 that Marshall's were playing with will not fly again, so are we a running a little short of pax aircraft and tankers nowadays?
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Pete, I was thinking just the same but out of personal interest how many of the old 10 Sqn ones are still flying especially as 105 is now grounded?
I try to keep track of them on this page: RAF VC10s
If you count the ones marked 'active' in the table at the bottom of the page, there are 12 VC10s still in service with 101 Squadron.
Edited to add: 7 of those are ex-10 Squadron VC10s from the original batch of 14 C1s.
If you count the ones marked 'active' in the table at the bottom of the page, there are 12 VC10s still in service with 101 Squadron.
Edited to add: 7 of those are ex-10 Squadron VC10s from the original batch of 14 C1s.
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Jhieminga thank you for that. I know of this site but didn't realize it was kept so up to date. They even have the demise of 105 listed. I see 10 Sqn had 14 VC10s I thought they only had 13. I know our establishment was 12 and we kept one up our sleeve, so as to speak, but were they hiding one from me?
14 aircraft were delivered to 10 Sqn of which one was later taken to be the RB211 testbed and never recovered to squadron service, leaving an Aircraft Establishement (AE) of 13. The revised AE post-the 74/75 Defence Review was, in fact, 11 plus 2 In-Use Reserves (IURs) - ie 11 aircraft were funded for crews, fuel, spares etc but all 13 remained available for use at unit level. The IUR scheme was a neat device for those of us concerned with tasking, but I was never certain that Eng Wg was quite so happy with it.
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Jhieminga thank you for that ... They even have the demise of 105 listed.
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Thank you Jelle great site.
XV105 I have been looking for your obituary in The Times but have not seen it yet. Perhaps you are just in retirement not deceased?
XV105 I have been looking for your obituary in The Times but have not seen it yet. Perhaps you are just in retirement not deceased?
