Stealth VC10
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From: ecosse
Black aeroplanes are much more visible than shiney white ones!
Bluetail
I can't remember XV236 ever being black?. Need to see the piccy.
IIRC, the standard aluminium etching primer has always been, and still is, a lime/yellow colour.
Is black the new PC option?
Bluetail
I can't remember XV236 ever being black?. Need to see the piccy.
IIRC, the standard aluminium etching primer has always been, and still is, a lime/yellow colour.
Is black the new PC option?
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From: NEAR TO ISK
Buoy 15
Check your PM,s
36 never came out of the shed at Heathrow and was certainly never at ISK like it,
In those days we flew them down to LHR paint stripped and BA did the rest, primed painted the lot, in the case of 36 because it was to be grey, it was primed in black instead of the standard yellow(ish)
BT
Check your PM,s
36 never came out of the shed at Heathrow and was certainly never at ISK like it,
In those days we flew them down to LHR paint stripped and BA did the rest, primed painted the lot, in the case of 36 because it was to be grey, it was primed in black instead of the standard yellow(ish)
BT
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From: over here
AFAIK it's IR 'absorbing' primer, been used for quite a while on MOD aircraft.....
...interesting "Rules concerning the Control of Wireless Telegraphy in Time of War and Air Warfare. " quote, I wonder if the American military have bothered to read it, bearing in mind the large number of anonymous aircraft that they have flown in and out of various trouble spots over the years...
...interesting "Rules concerning the Control of Wireless Telegraphy in Time of War and Air Warfare. " quote, I wonder if the American military have bothered to read it, bearing in mind the large number of anonymous aircraft that they have flown in and out of various trouble spots over the years...
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From: England
Serviceability
No doubt that the Tri* is more reliable than the old girl, but I doubt that there is huge difference. There have certainly been a few VC10 rescues of Tristar tasks (Pax and AAR) over the last few weeks. Had a pleasant nightstop in St Johns on one of them. 
The black paint is not primer. The jets are majored in yellow/green etching primer. The black is put on before the grey to reduce IR signature.
The black paint is not primer. The jets are majored in yellow/green etching primer. The black is put on before the grey to reduce IR signature.
Gentleman Aviator
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From: Teetering Towers - somewhere in the Shires
parts of the wing still in the usual 'primer' colour.
Currently airtesting at Saints, looking quite
when it gets airborne....
, been flying round all morning between Saints and Cardiff Airport......looks cool tho Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Witney UK
The prototype of the Mk2 Valiant was all black back in the early 60's and right evil it looked too. It was designed specifically for low level but we did not buy it because the V force would never be required to go low level would they !!!!!!!!.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
I was told by an old Vickers hand that the Valaint Mk2 was known as the Bombardier - and went like a greased weasel at low level!
Gaydon must have been a very pleasant little spot indeed for the Valiant OCU.
Gizza few tales, Art Field! You're probably one of the very few people around who have mastered both the Valiant and the Personal Computer!
Gaydon must have been a very pleasant little spot indeed for the Valiant OCU.
Gizza few tales, Art Field! You're probably one of the very few people around who have mastered both the Valiant and the Personal Computer!
