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A website about the Vickers VC10, at run by me, Jelle Hieminga. Buy me a cup of tea to support this:

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@scottyeders That is 101 Sqn’s #VC10 K3 ZA149 ‘H’, an ex-EAA Super VC10. More here: https://t.co/zqPWdYet1P

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@GuyInFlight @MaxK_J @JohnLStrickland @Birdseed501 @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @Brabazon2 @jumpjim Sad news!

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@CcibChris Actually: it's Spitfire Mk.Ia N3200 (image reversed) and Spitfire Mk.XIV MV268.

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@BlickyIan The 1969 Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race! More about this, including a photo of XV741, here: https://t.co/CjaZ1zjR2H

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#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ARVL's first flight in 1964. This #VC10 was used for the first Royal flight in 1965. It flew for BOAC/BA until October 1974 and was converted to a K2 tanker, flying as ZA140 until 2000. https://t.co/5JDe5fpYuq

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@matt_mattychaps @MaxK_J @GuyInFlight @adrianfclarke @JohnLStrickland @Tim_the_Pilot @Birdseed501 @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @Brabazon2 @nealteamgibson @speedbird_uk @BrooklandsMuseu That may have been in their other VC10, the Sultan’s one. This flight deck has been undergoing restoration for quite some time.

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G-ARVM - a legendary airframe…

(White Waltham, 1977)

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#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of 9G-ABP's first flight in 1965. This #VC10 was the second airframe for Ghana Airways, the only one with a main deck cargo door. It was leased to MEA but ended up destroyed in an Israeli commando raid. https://t.co/RjMOdvP0bu

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@1940Andy Is this a Blackburn type?

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@TwentyWasted @MCCCANM I'm not up to speed with the 737NG FMA format, so I could not tell from the video. Thanks.

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#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGG's first flight in 1965. This Super #VC10 was initially used to test and certify the new Elliot autoland system for the Super VC10 fleet. It flew as a K4 tanker serialled ZD235 before retiring in 2002. https://t.co/3anptyt9Vy

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@MCCCANM The ADI is pretty steady though, so he really has no reason for all of those large inputs.

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@Brabazon2 @GuyInFlight @MaxK_J @Birdseed501 @JohnLStrickland @Tim_the_Pilot @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @nealteamgibson @speedbird_uk We can have an interesting competition on identifying all the types on it. 😁

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In the continuing saga of the Luton Airport elephant, it is now to be found below the elevators at the airport DART station, #VC10Friday special!
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@Aerossurance Not a WWII fighter, it's a Titan P-51, a scale replica.

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@HappyMotorhead That's Miss America VIII. Twin supercharged V-16 custom racing engines. See https://t.co/fRGtTmeNlG

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#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of ZD241's first flight in 1995. This ex-BOAC Super VC10 became a K4 tanker in its 2nd career and then a crowd favourite at Bruntingthorpe in its 3rd career, carrying passengers during its taxi runs. Scrapped in 2022. https://t.co/OI3oOTgdHp

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@stotfoldbirder @GJDServices @JetstreamGB There are a few of those fuselage sections around. There is nother one at the entrance to SWAM at St. Athan.

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@stotfoldbirder @GJDServices Well done! I thought of those window surround mods but had not gotten around to digging out any photos yet.