Group Captain Steve Lushington, RAF Brize Norton Station Commander, provided some words before takeoff. “You only have to look through the chapters of aviation history to find the VC10 has ...

So what was it that made the Vickers VC10 so special? From its launch in 1964 with BOAC to its 50-year tenure as a tanker for the RAF, the VC10 has been a longstanding icon of the UK's aviation ...

Wing Commander Mike Westwood RAF (Retd) was part of the VC10 crew who set the record in 1987. We spoke to him about the possibility of that record being broken. He said: “Records are made to be ...