Life left in her yet!!

Tonkenna · Post by **Tonkenna** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:24 pm

Thought this might interest some of you

http://www.shackletonproject.co.za/phpb ... =1391#1391

Post by **Jelle Hieminga** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:42 am

Unfortunately for some of us the 'aviation nuts and loose screws' forum at Henk's site is only available to registered users, so I've copied the item here for those who don't want to go through the trouble of registering there first.

In this weeks Flight International:

The UK Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) has placed a contract worth £207 million to support the RAF Vickers VC10 fleet until its planned out-of-service date of 2011. BAE Systems Customer Solutions and Support and the UK Defence Aviation Repair Agency will conduct work on the 19 strong fleet. The framework for the contract is similar to the contract already in place supporting the Nimrod MR2.

The UKs Future Strategic Tanker Ac programme will replace the VC10 and Tristar fleet with either A330-200 or B767-300ER starting in 2008. The £13 billion contact is expected to be announced early this year.

So, there ya go. The old bird's gonna be around for a while

Tonks

But that sure is great news!!!

Tonkenna · Post by **Tonkenna** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 11:30 pm

Maybe longer than that!!

More news later.

Tonks