status of VC10 862

[erracht]

On the production page, VC-10 862 (ZD240) is listed as going for spares,
but I wonder if this is true. On <<www.aerpix.net>> and somewhere else
it is listed as still being in the fleet. Am I correct?

[Jelle Hieminga]

From all the information available to me I can conclude that ZD240 is still active with 101 Squadron. I had a look at the two pages in my site on which the 'status' of this airplane is listed and on both pages it is noted as such.
http://www.vc10.net/Data/vickers_vc10_prodnumbers.html
http://www.vc10.net/History/RAFVC10s.html

On the 'production numbers' page ZD239 in the line immediately above ZD240 is listed as 'S/P', meaning reduced to spare parts. The rightmost box for ZD240 is empty, with wich I meant to say 'still active'. I'm guessing you may have misread this. Still, thanks for the tip, I'm doing my best to keep everything in order and I may not be right every time!

Jelle.

[JH]

ZD240 is most definately alive and well and still flying out of Brize Norton. 10 Sqn and 101 Sqn have now been merged to form 10/101(Eng)Sqn, which is currently one of the largest if not THE largest squadron the RAF have.

Hope this helps