A Little VC10derness

@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.

@MaxK_J @GuyInFlight @adrianfclarke @JohnLStrickland @Tim_the_Pilot @Birdseed501 @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @Brabazon2 @TrueVC10derness @nealteamgibson @speedbird_uk @BrooklandsMuseu ah 'do not touch switches or any other controls', I remember a few years ago you could sit there move the throttles and yoke

VC10 Friday! @MaxK_J @JohnLStrickland @Tim_the_Pilot @AndythePandy_ @Birdseed501 @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @Brabazon2 @TrueVC10derness @nealteamgibson @speedbird_uk

G-ARVM - a legendary airframe… (White Waltham, 1977)

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_8…

@1940Andy Is this a Blackburn type?

Also in the sheds here, is this. Anyone know what type it is?

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

@TrueVC10derness @MCCCANM Look at the PFD, autopilot is not engaged.

This keeps surfacing as an example of good flying & it’s not. Unless they could see more than the camera, they went below minimum altitude (“minimums”) without being able to see, an instant fail on a checkride. They also land well right of centerline. Very dangerous.

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_8…

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

@TrueVC10derness Maybe, but I’ve never seen the autopilot move the yoke that much on a CAT III.

@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. 😁

@TrueVC10derness @GuyInFlight @MaxK_J @Birdseed501 @JohnLStrickland @Tim_the_Pilot @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @nealteamgibson @speedbird_uk Nod to Percival Aircraft based at the airport in the pre war period.

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! @GuyInFlight @MaxK_J @Birdseed501 @JohnLStrickland @Tim_the_Pilot @scottiebateman @Fly_BOAC @Brabazon2 @nealteamgibson @speedbird_uk

@Aerossurance Not a WWII fighter, it's a Titan P-51, a scale replica.

Pilot walks away without serious injury after WWII aircraft crash landing in Co Down irishnews.com/news/northern-…

@HappyMotorhead That's Miss America VIII. Twin supercharged V-16 custom racing engines. See youtube.com/watch?v=yArx9x…

Think this thing has enough horsepower, or should we add a second floor? 🚤💨 ​#BoatingLife #Overkill #Engineering #Speedboat

#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. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_8…

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

@TrueVC10derness @GJDServices Mystery solved! Its been bugging me since the last LPG run. Its dumped outside @JetstreamGB if you’re interested in seeing it!

@TrueVC10derness any clues on what airframe this was tucked away at Bruntingthorpe?

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

@TrueVC10derness @GJDServices Its ‘149. 147 had reinforcements

@stotfoldbirder @GJDServices It's ZA149 or ZA147 I guess. Is it a recent photo? ZA147 was scrapped in 2021 but ZA149 several years before, so you would need to figure out how old the cuts are.... 😉

@TrueVC10derness @GJDServices Looking at the window placement at a guess I would say its ZA147 or similar, the view in my picture is the starboard side looking from the rear

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGA's first flight in 1964. The Super #VC10 prototype was demonstrated at that year's Farnborough show and would continue to a long career with both BOAC/BA and the RAF (as K4 ZD230). vc10.net/Airframes/cn_8…

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of XV102's first flight in 1962. Named 'Guy Gibson VC', this C1 would fly with 10 Sqn for 41802.20 hours before its retirement in 2012. In September 2007 it briefly carried 'Celebrating Oxfordshire' tail colours. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_8…

#VC10birthday Today is the anniversary of G-ASGN's first flight in 1968. This Super #VC10 flew with BOAC/BA but was hijacked in 1970 and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan where it was blown up alongside a Swissair DC-8 and a TWA 707. vc10.net/Airframes/cn_8…