Created by: Jelle Hieminga, 2001

Updated: 17 June 2013 

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What to expect in the future:

• 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

• More histories on individual aircraft

What's new:

• New limited edition VC10 print
• News about the Queen's birthday flypast and ZD241's future.
• 'The Atlantic Dash' about G-ASGC's speed record in 1979.
• A new page about G-ARVE, and I've now moved all the pages about individual airframes into a new Airframes Section.
• ZA149 has been retired on Monday and ZD241 on Thursday
• Two more retirements are looming.
• A photo page about G-ARVC, which later became A4O-VC and ZA144
• VC10 retirement postponed until September 2013
• The first flight of G-ARTA as seen from the left seat, in Jock Bryce's words.
• Exclusive air-to-air footage of BUA VC10s
• The arrival of A4O-AB at The Brooklands Museum as told by the Captain
• There will be a VC10 present at RIAT 2013!
• Some photos and a timeline of G-ARVB, the second BOAC VC10
• A page with photos of the third BUA VC10 which also flew for the RAE
• A page about the first production VC10: G-ARVA.
• The second and third part of Trials & tribulations, about the testing phase of the VC10, are now online.
• News about the next two retirements
• 101 Squadron leaves the Middle East and Herpa releases a new model.
• Raffle results!
• News about a VC10 three-ship flypast over several RAF bases. Updated with provisional times/route.
• VC10 at 50, photos of the anniversary event at The Brooklands Museum
• XV104 retires on 4 July 2012
• Trials and tribulations, the memoirs of a first generation VC10 ground crew member during construction and testing of the VC10, 50 years ago
• A Raffle to Celebrate 50 Years of VC10 Flight  in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A memory about African fruitbaskets

• VC10s participate in two events over 16/17th June weekend.

• News about VC10s at RIAT and the new artwork on XR808.

• A look at what was happening at Weybridge 50 years ago.

• XV104 will be retired next but XR808 receives a special 50th anniversary tail.

• An updated page with many new photos about the test rigs and structures which were used to develop the VC10.

• Two new stories in Memories: Last VC10 trips and Flying the VC10 on African routes

• Some nice new photos of G-ARVF at the bottom of the page!

• Updated and new photos of G-ARVF and A4O-AB

• Two news items

• Two memories about the VC10 in South America and G-ARVM, both with some great photos

• A spectators view of the White Waltham flypast in 1977

• Story of a low fuel diversion in 1970

• Last VC10 servicing at St. Athan

• Added a new page about G-ASIW with photos and info.

• Updated the list of named VC10s and added info about Wg Cdr L. Cheshire VC.

• XV101 has landed at Bruntingthorpe

• XV101 will be next to retire and new photo of 9G-ABO

• XV102 retires on 12-12-2011,and XV107 follows a day later.

• A memory about a day trip to Nigeria and some new items on the Books page

• I've rearranged the photo page about the RAF VC10s, it includes some new photos as well, and added a page which groups together the air-to-air photos of the RAF fleet, also with some new additions.

• The story of ZA141s inadvertant high speed flight during testing

• Two new photos showing G-AXLR

• British Airways ad featuring the VC10 is out

• XV105 set to retire today (30 August 2011)

• More photos of XR808 landing at RAF Tengah with burst tires

• Incident from 1965 with a door opening in flight

• Two photos from the design team

• VC10 stars in BBC news video

• G-ASGC has her paint touched up

• Ex-VC10 squadron to be reformed

• A4O-AB moves at Brooklands

• Additional images of the RAF tanker conversions at Filton

• A new page with routes and timetables from Air Malawi and BOAC

• A video of BOAC Standard VC10s operating from Lagos, Nigeria

• VC10 vs A400M

• VC10s in RAF Photographic Competition

• Photos of ZA147 at St. Athan added here and here.

• RAF VC10 for Cosford

• Three news items

• A slightly expanded G-ASGC page