Created by: Jelle Hieminga, 2001

Updated: 17 September 2016

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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:

• Additional photos of ZA150 at Dunsfold's airshow.
• XV106 nose installed at Woodford.
• ZA150 at 2016 Wings & Wheels
• Next Cold War Jets day has been announced.
• ZA149 has arrived at Sharjah, news item and photos.
• New model kit and upcoming VC10 events.
• News about ZA149's trip to the UAE.
• Stories about test pilots and a new VC10 book.
• Added some recent photos of XR808
• A bird strike incident at Ancona
• XV106 cockpit moving to Woodford.
• Some new images on the page with VC10 models also a new range of 1:200 models.
• A Happy New Year to all and a new page about XR810!
• Two new pages with info and photos of XR806 and XR807.
• Another photo of G-ARVM at White Waltham
• A new book about the history of 10 Squadron and a wonderful movie showing G-ARVM at White Waltham.
• The rebuild of XR808 has been completed at RAF Museum Cosford
• Story about the engine carrying pod, carbon fibres and a news item about XR808.
• News item about a statue for Sgt Thomas Mottershead VC.
• News item about repainting work on G-ASGC
• Footage from ZA150's first public taxi run
• News item about two upcoming taxi runs
• New decal sheet available
• A new page about XV108
• More news items, additional photos of ZA150, ZD241 and an updated page about the VC's that the VC10s were named after.
• Some news about the front end of ZA149.
• Updated page about XR808
• 'Bob' is on its way to Cosford!
• The story of G-ATDJ / XX914 is now on the site.
• Some photos and facts about G-ASGM/ZD241
• New decal sheet for C1K special schemes.
• CAF Newquay to close, or not?
• A new VC10 special from Key Publishing
• A story about a watch that never appeared and a photo from a VIP trip, and photos of G-ARVA in 1963.
• News about books and old Conways
• A page with photos and info about XR808
• New 1:200 scale model of XR808 out in December
• The inaugural flight from Hong Kong to London
• One year on, the VC10 in preservation (and news on XR808's move).
• Wings and Wheels at Dunsfold next weekend
• The story of Bert Baker, flight engineer on 5N-ABD's fateful last flight
• Impressions from the Cold War Jets day at Bruntingthorpe on 25th May.
• Memories of Basil Payton, navigator on 5N-ABD's fateful last flight
• Cold War Jets day at Bruntingthorpe on 25th May.
• 'Jock' Bryce OBE 1921-2014
• First taxi run for ZD241
• Rounding off the BOAC Standard stories is this page about G-ARVL
• ZD241 is alive again!
• Introducing the VC10 into RAF service, by John Revell.
• A photo page about G-ARVK / ZA143
• A story from an initially reluctant VC10 pilot
• A Wedding VC10
• A story about a 'Secret' VC10 at RAF Wyton
• A VC10 with modern V2500 engines?
• I've added some memorabelia from 2012 and 2013 on this page.
• Another photo page about G-ARVJ
• A new book from an ex-VC10 pilot and record holder.
• And two more Standards have their own pages: G-ARVH and G-ARVI (also A4O-VI and ZA142)
• Next in line for some attention was G-ARVG, which later became ZA141.