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Vintage Quadjet: What Made The Vickers VC10 So Special?
the VC10 had already embarked on a second life as a military aircraft. The Royal Air Force (RAF) had originally purchased 13 VC10s in 1966 as strategic transport aircraft, attracted to those same ...
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Falklands’ ‘friendly VC10’ retires from RAF service after 47 years
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 ...
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Plane cockpit for sale as one-of-a-kind ‘man cave’
In the online ad, he suggests the plane could be used as a glamping pod, home office, classroom, bar, or man cave. The ...
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Typhoons were flown non-stop to the Falklands with support from ten aircraft
two TriStar aircraft from 216 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, which flew a total of 89 hrs and involved 26 personnel; four VC10 aircraft from 101 Squadron, three of which are based at ...