After 47 years of service for the Royal Air Force, the VC10 took to the skies on Friday 20 September 2013 for its final Air-to-Air refuelling operational sortie. The aircraft will retire on 25 ...
Its elegant swept wings and the soaring sweep of its T-tail ... 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 ...
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 ...