A Little VC10derness

Thought these might be of interest:





Part of my ever growing collection of VC10 stuff!

Tonks

The BOAC VC10 tie is possibly not an authentic item.





It doesn't appear to have the necessary soup stain .....

Hi

Nice ties......

Where did you get the red one from?

Rgds

Mike

Hi Chaps...

Forester, lol, I know what you mean

Mike, I got it from eBay and sadly I know nothing of its history...

Tonks

Hi Tonks

Thanks for that.

Cheers

I vaguely remember my Grandpa having a blue version of your red tie from his VC10 days.....I could be mistaken though!

Andrew: I think you're quite correct, as I recall that tie with the contrails as also being available in blue or, possibly, green. And I thought I had one, but it turns out to have a maroon background with a gold 10 (no contrails) sitting in the middle of a gold wreath, with a bit of blue ribbon. Anyone out there who had anything to do with the squadron fund and who can put us right?

A fashion note: That sqn tie is in mid-70s kipper width, some 4 inches wide at the tip. My Argosy ones from mid/late-60s are barely 2.5 inches wide - and they all look odd today!

Edited to add:

That is really nice Ian! Another one I am now on the look out for LOL!!!

The one with the Jag and Tornado is also available in another colour (saw someone wearing one the other day!)...

Tonks

The one with the Jag and Tornado is also available in another colour (saw someone wearing one the other day!)...

It is indeed, Tonks! Mine is dark / light blue - still going strong after 27 years.

BAE Filton also commissioned a version with their (then) speculative A310 MRTT instead of the VC10 back in the late 1990s - I wish I knew where I could find one.

How was Toolooze - did you have fun with the A400M guys?

Hi Nick,

The other one I saw was that colour, being worn by a certain Brize Ops Navigator who has also been going strong for many years!!

Toulouse was fun, and very interesting

Hope you are well,

ATB

Tonks