The vickers vc10 was a longrange british airliner designed and built by. Once its passenger service ended, it continued operating for the raf, with its last. The vickers vc10 was a longrange british airliner designed and built by vickersarmstrongs aircraft ltd, and first flown in 1962. Raf vc10, xv107, taxy and takeoff, raf akrotiri, from. Its typically british tortuous development and sales period is well known but suffice to say, as with the trident, the national carrier. The vc10 was the ultimate british airliner the biggest, most luxurious aircraft ever put into production in the uk, and it was. The airliner was designed to operate on longdistance routes from the shorter runways of the era and commanded excellent hot and high performance for operations from african airports. The vickers vc10 prototype, serial number 803 was a standard 1100.
Media in category vickers vc10 the following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total. Vickers vc10 narrowbody passenger airliner aerial refueling. We guarantee all orders placed before 12pm will be shipped on the same day from. Theres no denying the vc10 is a wonderful plane and a real looker too. Brooklands museum vickers 1103 vc10 sultan of oman. About the david malby one, i have it, it works fine on sp1, but i dont like the fsx frames with it. We were soon back on the flight deck taxing out to the end of the runway for takeoff for the short flight to bahrain.
This site relates the full story from its early beginnings with boac to its current use as a tanker with the raf. Boac speedbird vc10 take off thames tv 1970 youtube. The vickers vc10 and super vc10 were britains entry into the long range jet. The vickers vc10 is a midsized, narrowbody longrange british jet airliner designed and built by vickersarmstrongs ltd and first flown at brooklands, surrey, in 1962. Classic wings vickers vc10 avion video have very kindly given me permission to include them in this freeware sound pack. Boac vickers vc10 with the speedbird livery taking off at london airport now london heathrow in 1970 filmed by the thames television programme today for an episode entitled ready to land for. After an eight month dismantling process, a 70 mile journey along the m6m54 motorway and a four month. Powered by 4 rolls royce conway bypass engines, its large wings, leading edge slats and huge fowler flaps, gave it the take off. The last of the vickers built designs was the type 1101 vc10, the first of which garta flew for the first time from weybridge on 29th june 1962. In the early seventies i watched another raf vc10 c mk 1 take off from. They havent confirmed this yet but they are looking into the possibility in working on a super variant of the vc10, but what is. You wont have seen half of this footage anywhere else.
Attributing to the severity of the accident was a partial loss of braking power due to the incorrect reassembly of part of the braking system. The product features a detailed virtual cockpit, bright 2d panel with all. I was just thinking today how much id love to have a native fsx vickers vc10 with a virtual cockpit and all the bells and whistles. The vc10 is a fourengined passenger, freight or tanker aircraft that can carry 150 troops over 3,600 miles 5,800km unrefuelled. Welcome to tenweb, the site dedicated to the vickers vc10 and other classic british airliners. Vickers vc10 blueprint download free blueprint for 3d. The captain took the decision to fly the very short leg to bahrain with the undercarridge down. Some of these screenshots represent the state of the standard vc10 simulation as at 20th april 2005. Image caption the crews of the final sorties of the vc10 before takeoff at raf brize norton. With the exception of concorde the vc10 has to be the best looking and most elegant jet airliner ever to fly, and it flew every bit as good as it looked with huge take off. The airliner was designed to operate on long distance routes with a high.
By this time and despite being named vickers vc10, vickers. Vickers super vc10 by david chesteraddictive simulations. This aircraft model is inspired by the design of the vickers vc10, a fourengine, civilian passenger aircraft. The modification program had taken longer and cost more than. The program then evolved over a period of a few years to produce the. In the meantime the vickers vc10 airliner was popular with high performance, which resulted in an order being placed by the air ministry. The vc10 was designed to give good takeoff performance from hot and high altitude airports, often with short runways. Development of software tool to calculate c egr noise under prevailing weather. The prototype vickers vc10 rolled off the production line at brooklands in weybridge, surrey to take the air. Buy vickers vc10 crowood aviation first edition by lance cole isbn. Vickers vc10 simulation for microsoft flight simulator 2002, 2004 and fsx. In 1960, the raf issued specification 239 for a strategic transport.
The vickers vc10 is a longrange british airliner and first flown at brooklands, surrey, in 1962. Raf vc10, xv107, taxy and takeoff, raf akrotiri, from flight deck duration. The vickers vc10 is a midsized, narrowbody longrange british jet airliner designed and built by vickers armstrongs aircraft ltd and first flown at brooklands, surrey, in 1962. The rafs last vickers vc10 jetliners have completed their final mission after 47 years of service. Appearing in both civilian and military guises, the vickers vc10 managed. By this time and despite being named vickers vc10, vickersarmstrongs themselves had already amalgamated to form part the commercial aircraft sector of the british aircraft corporation bac. Comparative assessment of aircraft noise emissions royal air force. Asn aircraft accident vickers super vc101154 5xuva addis.
Vvc10 history of the vc10 includes footage of test flying from wisley and heathrow, winter trials. Za150 was the last vc10 of 54 built at the vickers factory at brooklands in weybridge in the 1960s. The vickers vc10 is a fourengine medium to longrange narrowbody jet airliner aircraft with a capacity of 109 to 174 passengers produced by the british manufacturer vickersarmstrongs, later by bac. However, under high power runs, the a400m has higher noise emissions. Serial numbers 801a, 801b and 802 were used for fuselage sections in the original test programme. The vc10 was closely constrained by its boac specification which required operation from short airfields in africa at high altitudes and temperatures hot and high. Dutch lukasz, you may as well go to work today, enjoy your weekend, and drink a few of your favorite beverages for a few more years. Vickers 1103 vc10 sultan of oman 1964, aircraft park, on long term display. Vickers vc10 jetliners fly last mission from raf brize. The hydraulically operated tricycle landing gear featured twinwheel nose gear. The vickers vc10 story and flight simulator addon, plus other classic british airliners. Raf vc10 takes off and does its display at biggin hill 2010. The vc10 is widely regarded as one of the most graceful jet airliners ever created, with its long slim fuselage, clean angledback wings and graceful sweptback tail surfaces. Vickers vc10, hs trident and other classic british aircraft for microsoft flight simulator welcome to addictive simulations addon products for microsoft flight simulator.
Just flight has shown development screenshots of their vickers vc10. Each pair of nacelles is suspended from a torque box made up of. The vickers vc10 airliner was designed in the late 1950s and its first flight was on the 29th june 1962. Vickers vc10 raf 3d model available on turbo squid, the worlds leading provider of digital 3d models for visualization, films, television, and games. Vickers vc10, pictures, technical data, history barrie. The vickers vc10 is a midsized, narrowbody longrange british jet airliner designed and built. Raf vickers vc10 flown home to retirement in surrey bbc news. Although it was only a modest success commercially, the vc10 became an. A vickers super vc101154 passenger plane, registered 5xuva, was damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident at addis abababole airport add, ethiopia.
British airways uk vickers super vc10 gasgh type of slide copy slide this is a copy slide and came from the will blunt collection. Footage of an raf vc10, xv107, taxying and takingoff from raf akrotiri, cyprus. I am proud to announce that i have just released an fs2004 and 2002 vickers super vc10 simulation addon. Later a number were converted for use as military transport and tanker aircraft and the type remained in service with.
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