Happy 50th Birthday to...

[Tonks]

....the VC10!!!

First flight 29 Jun 1962.


VC10 by ZZ330, on Flickr

Tonks

Edited cause I is a biff!! LOL

[Archer]

I can only second that!

[VC10]

Hands up who had some VC10 birthday cake today !

I had a very good day today a Brooklands with some excellent presentations even if there wasn't a flypast. W/Cdr Brookes, OC 101 Sqdn, got boo'd for that when he explained why there was no flypast.

Chris Orlebar (VC10 & Concorde pilot) gave a particularly amusing presentation. It was a lot more interesting than 'listening to a load of old fogeys talking'

And I got to meet Jelle , plus a guy who out bid me on eBay for some VC10/11 memorabilia . To make matters worse he had some of the stuff on display

Paul

[Garry Russell]

Wow...who'd thinks such a sleek jet could be 50 years old


It was though amazing when the Dak reached 25

The old Ten has aged better that I have

[Chris558]

Indeed a very happy 50th Birthday to the most beautiful airliner, Vickers Commercial (number) Ten.

A T-tailed masterpiece that has proved itself extremely safe; all the very few accidents, I believe, due to Pilot error.

I hope Brize celebrated the day with a three-ship flypast, maybe? (A re-paint in BOAC (on one side) would have been nice.)

Raise your glass - Here's to another.....erm...year (or so.)

[VC10]

I hope Brize celebrated the day with a three-ship flypast, maybe? (A re-paint in BOAC (on one side) would have been nice.)

Raise your glass - Here's to another.....erm...year (or so.)

Apparently there where no VC10's in the UK today apart from the one on QRA

The Vickers Dev engineer who spoke today at Brookland's said his only complaint was that nobody told them to design/develop it for 50 yrs service

Paul

[Garry Russell]

Yep.

No losses caused by a failure of the aircraft as such.....pilot error maintenace blunders two destroyed by terrorists and one in a commando raid.. A good recond indeed.

[speedbird591]

It was a lot more interesting than 'listening to a load of old fogeys

A couple of times a month, if you happen to be in Wetherspoons, Trowbridge, you might just overhear a couple of old fogeys reminiscing about flying on VC10s. And the stories get more interesting and amusing in direct ratio to the amount of beer drunk! It'll be a shame when we develop that thing, what's it called, you know, when you can't remember stuff...

I'm glad it turned out to be a good day, Paul. I see there are two at Fairford this year. One flying and one static. I expect the hospitality there makes it a higher priority for the RAF

Ian

[Hot_Charlie]

....the VC10!!!

First flight 29 Jul 1962.

Tonks

July?!

I got my 3 year old singing happy birthday to the VC10, as sadly work commitments have prevented any plans to go south.

Here's to a safe final year of service.

[airboatr]

Happy Birthday Tonks.