A Little VC10derness (original) (raw)

Created by: Jelle Hieminga, 2001 Updated: 17 May 2026 This site is best viewed at a minimum screen size of 1024*768. Your current screen setting is: For some elements of this site Javascript must be enabled. For a seamless browsing experience, I would recommend:
New photos of K3 tanker ZA150, G-ARVM, G-ASGP, G-ASGH and G-ASGB. Some images showing VC10 artworks and a souvenir from G-ARTA. The form to fill in to get a VC10 type rating on your licence. Some new photos of tankers ZA149 and ZD241, testbed G-AXLR/XR809 and G-ARVE. VC10 training at Prestwick, some memories. Lord Ashcroft collection moving to National Army Museum Longtime Brooklands volunteer Gerry Hitch passes away. A set of photos from a VC10 refuelling flight in 2006. An interesting flight plan and E/O log. Small updates to VC page and a new photo of XV108. Click here for a review of the new VC10 book. Gallery at IWM now closed. Added Sqn Ldr Denis Lowery to the Characters page. Two videos showing the VC10 refuelling fighters and other VC10s. Some photos showing XV102 and XV106 and XV105 and the entry door of XR808. Photos of surviving bits and pieces. OUT NOW: A new VC10 book from Air-Britain. Podcast about VC10 retirement from Avro Heritage Museum. A Schoolboy's Memories of the VC10. IWM's Lord Ashcroft gallery to close. Get a copy of Viking Reflections and support another Vickers airliner. A new (to me) photo of G-ARVK after its incident in 1965. Additional photos of VC10 C1(K) XV108. Some photos of an Aeroclassics model of G-ASGA. A series of photos showing how BOAC operated in the 1960s. I have added a flown cover commemorating Amy Johnson. A new title from Crecy: They Also Serve by Chris Gibson. Two new photos of G-ARVL/ZA140 and one of 9G-ABO. A video from a 2004 VC10 refuelling flight. Several new photos of 5X-UVA, EAA's first Super VC10 and XV108. An article (with photos) about the RAF's Voyager tankers. Memories of RAF VIP flights and others. Super VC10 repaint at Duxford. A story about a different take-off. Plans for homes on Wisley airfield approved. A BOAC Speedbird Gift Shop brochure. The link between Top Gun and the VC10. The story of how a box of spares caused trouble (scroll down). Additional photos of XV107. Several photos added to 5H-MOG/ZA150 page. The ATA-100 breakdown for the VC10. Some new photos of VC scrolls. More photos showing G-ARVC/ZA144. Two new models from JC Wings. ZA148's forward fuselage is now in Wales. Development of Autoland for the VC10, an article by ex-BLEU scientist Bruce Lumsden. An article discussing the operating costs of the VC10 for BOAC. Avion Video going out of business sale. Work on dismantling ZA148 has started (updated). A couple of images here and here. CAHC's 1-11 fuselage will move to Southampton. Some thoughts about the preserved VC10s. A page about the Rolls-Royce Conway Updated photos of XV108 at the Aeropark. Flown covers for the 75th anniversary of the Viscount's first flight. A story about crashing a VC10 simulator. CAHC is selling off two airframes to fund scrapping of VC10 and 1-11. A page about the Teardown projects that kept the RAF fleet in the air. Vicky Ten children's book published. A VC10 themed podcast and a video from the Sky Talk event. Scarf VC medal saved. An update about secret VC10s. A story about a HF radio from XR808. CAHC may need to move within days - updated. Sky Talk event at Brooklands Museum. Added some flown covers. BOAC Speedbird Adverts book giveaway. White Waltham 1977 photos added. Save Arthur Scarf's VC medal. CAHC may move to new location near Newquay. Display flying... and ATC. My page about the Falklands conflict has been updated to include a new story, A Spot of Bother. Photos of G-ARVL after the first Royal Flight on a VC10. A RAF passenger information brochure from 1967. Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre closes its doors. Trouble at Newquay? A timeline of important VC10 related dates. 2015 VC10 Bookazine reissued. New photos of VC10 keytags and another souvenir. Small bits of ZD241 for sale. 60th Anniversary coverage, including some thoughts about the past 60 years. A Little VC10derness is now on Twitter. AutoNav and Data Link testing on the VC10. Information on routes flown by BOAC VC10s More photos from the RAF days More technical data And perhaps a bit later on in the future: More technical system descriptions (No promises on when to expect any of this I'm afraid... )

Created by: Jelle Hieminga, 2001 Updated: 17 May 2026 This site is best viewed at a minimum screen size of 1024*768. Your current screen setting is: For some elements of this site Javascript must be enabled. For a seamless browsing experience, I would recommend:

New photos of K3 tanker ZA150, G-ARVM, G-ASGP, G-ASGH and G-ASGB. Some images showing VC10 artworks and a souvenir from G-ARTA. The form to fill in to get a VC10 type rating on your licence. Some new photos of tankers ZA149 and ZD241, testbed G-AXLR/XR809 and G-ARVE. VC10 training at Prestwick, some memories. Lord Ashcroft collection moving to National Army Museum Longtime Brooklands volunteer Gerry Hitch passes away. A set of photos from a VC10 refuelling flight in 2006. An interesting flight plan and E/O log. Small updates to VC page and a new photo of XV108. Click here for a review of the new VC10 book. Gallery at IWM now closed. Added Sqn Ldr Denis Lowery to the Characters page. Two videos showing the VC10 refuelling fighters and other VC10s. Some photos showing XV102 and XV106 and XV105 and the entry door of XR808. Photos of surviving bits and pieces. OUT NOW: A new VC10 book from Air-Britain. Podcast about VC10 retirement from Avro Heritage Museum. A Schoolboy's Memories of the VC10. IWM's Lord Ashcroft gallery to close. Get a copy of Viking Reflections and support another Vickers airliner. A new (to me) photo of G-ARVK after its incident in 1965. Additional photos of VC10 C1(K) XV108. Some photos of an Aeroclassics model of G-ASGA. A series of photos showing how BOAC operated in the 1960s. I have added a flown cover commemorating Amy Johnson. A new title from Crecy: They Also Serve by Chris Gibson. Two new photos of G-ARVL/ZA140 and one of 9G-ABO. A video from a 2004 VC10 refuelling flight. Several new photos of 5X-UVA, EAA's first Super VC10 and XV108. An article (with photos) about the RAF's Voyager tankers. Memories of RAF VIP flights and others. Super VC10 repaint at Duxford. A story about a different take-off. Plans for homes on Wisley airfield approved. A BOAC Speedbird Gift Shop brochure. The link between Top Gun and the VC10. The story of how a box of spares caused trouble (scroll down). Additional photos of XV107. Several photos added to 5H-MOG/ZA150 page. The ATA-100 breakdown for the VC10. Some new photos of VC scrolls. More photos showing G-ARVC/ZA144. Two new models from JC Wings. ZA148's forward fuselage is now in Wales. Development of Autoland for the VC10, an article by ex-BLEU scientist Bruce Lumsden. An article discussing the operating costs of the VC10 for BOAC. Avion Video going out of business sale. Work on dismantling ZA148 has started (updated). A couple of images here and here. CAHC's 1-11 fuselage will move to Southampton. Some thoughts about the preserved VC10s. A page about the Rolls-Royce Conway Updated photos of XV108 at the Aeropark. Flown covers for the 75th anniversary of the Viscount's first flight. A story about crashing a VC10 simulator. CAHC is selling off two airframes to fund scrapping of VC10 and 1-11. A page about the Teardown projects that kept the RAF fleet in the air. Vicky Ten children's book published. A VC10 themed podcast and a video from the Sky Talk event. Scarf VC medal saved. An update about secret VC10s. A story about a HF radio from XR808. CAHC may need to move within days - updated. Sky Talk event at Brooklands Museum. Added some flown covers. BOAC Speedbird Adverts book giveaway. White Waltham 1977 photos added. Save Arthur Scarf's VC medal. CAHC may move to new location near Newquay. Display flying... and ATC. My page about the Falklands conflict has been updated to include a new story, A Spot of Bother. Photos of G-ARVL after the first Royal Flight on a VC10. A RAF passenger information brochure from 1967. Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre closes its doors. Trouble at Newquay? A timeline of important VC10 related dates. 2015 VC10 Bookazine reissued. New photos of VC10 keytags and another souvenir. Small bits of ZD241 for sale. 60th Anniversary coverage, including some thoughts about the past 60 years. A Little VC10derness is now on Twitter. AutoNav and Data Link testing on the VC10. Information on routes flown by BOAC VC10s More photos from the RAF days More technical data And perhaps a bit later on in the future: More technical system descriptions (No promises on when to expect any of this I'm afraid... )

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To keep up a presence on social media, I have switched to using Twitter (I am not a fan of the new name) and Bluesky. Follow @TrueVC10derness and/or @truevc10derness.bsky.social to keep track of news or updates to this website. Due to recent changes, the Twitter timeline cannot be shown here. Click on the links above to see the rest of my profile, there's more after the first post shown below... First tweet.... Let's talk #VC10, both its civil career, the #RAF years and now in preservation. Just eight days to go to the type's 60th anniversary. https://t.co/rAvrpHuQ3h— A Little VC10derness (@TrueVC10derness) June 21, 2022

Would you like to support A Little VC10derness? Buy me a cup of tea:

To keep up a presence on social media, I have switched to using Twitter (I am not a fan of the new name) and Bluesky. Follow @TrueVC10derness and/or @truevc10derness.bsky.social to keep track of news or updates to this website. Due to recent changes, the Twitter timeline cannot be shown here. Click on the links above to see the rest of my profile, there's more after the first post shown below... First tweet.... Let's talk #VC10, both its civil career, the #RAF years and now in preservation. Just eight days to go to the type's 60th anniversary. https://t.co/rAvrpHuQ3h— A Little VC10derness (@TrueVC10derness) June 21, 2022

The Bluesky timeline below shows the last five posts. There is a lot more in there, just click on the profile link.