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status of VC10 862
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 9:50 pm
by 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?
ZD240 status
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:49 pm
by 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.
ZD240
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 6:32 pm
by 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