The Vickers VC10 came about as the answer to a very specific need. BOAC (the predecessor to British Airways) had ordered 15 Boeing 707’s in the late 1950s, which flourished on its transatlantic ...

The U.K. Royal Air Force has retired the last of its vintage Vickers VC10 aerial refueling tankers, which opens an unlikely capability gap. For almost 50 years, the VC10 provided strategic ...

Airbus has adopted a completely new philosophy for the attachment of the A350 XWB ’s main landing gear as part of the switch to a composite wing structure. The solution it has developed borrows ...

LONDON — The U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Vickers VC10 air-to-air refueling tankers is drawing closer to retirement. The RAF now has just three VC10s left in the inventory following ...

Vickers VC10 at new Cornish home One of the last three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners has arrived in Cornwall, where it will become part of the Classic Air Force collection in Newquay.

The RAF's last Vickers VC10 jetliners have completed their final mission after 47 years of service. The two aircraft took off from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, at 10:00 BST and refuelled several ...

Two of the military's iconic refuelling aircraft - the VC10 - have made their last ever flight after 47 years of service. The planes flew sorties around the UK from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire ...

Editor's recommendations Vickers VC10 at new Cornish home. Video, 00:00:25Vickers VC10 at new Cornish home News 28 August 2013 0:25 ...

A plane dubbed the Queen of the Skies has made her final flight over the West Country before becoming a museum piece. The Vickers VC10 will now go on display at an aircraft museum in Cornwall.

Two Vickers VC10 aircraft flew into the East Midlands for their final taxi ahead of being broken up and used for spares. They flew into Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire after seeing service ...