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    The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at...
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    (1949), Avro Jetliner (1949), Boeing 707 (1954), Douglas DC-8 (1958), Vickers VC10 (1962), and experimental Tupolev Tu-110 (1957)), it was the first such...
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  • VC10 or VC-10 may refer to: Vickers VC10, a British jet airliner VC-10 Challengers, a former United States Navy aircraft squadron Korg VC-10, an analogue...
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  • Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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    617 Squadron; Gibson was played by Richard Todd in the film. An RAF Vickers VC10 airliner, serial number XV102, was named Guy Gibson in 1968, soon after...
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    new Vickers VC10 C.1. Fourteen VC10 C.1s were delivered to 10 Squadron between 1966 and 1967. The C.1 was a variant of the civil 'Standard VC10' fitted...
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  • Vickers and are in preservation. "60th Anniversary of Valiant's First Flight." Royal Air Force Museum, 17 May 2011. "Thunder & Lightnings - Vickers Valiant...
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    Nigeria Airways Flight 825 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Vickers VC10)
    On 20 November 1969, Nigeria Airways Flight 825, a Vickers VC10 aircraft, crashed while on approach to Lagos International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria killing...
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    Tupolev Tu-154 trijets; and the paired multi-engined Ilyushin Il-62, and Vickers VC10. The world-renowned supersonic Concorde first flew in 1969 but proved...
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    The Conway engine was used on versions of the Handley Page Victor, Vickers VC10, Boeing 707-420 and Douglas DC-8-40. The name "Conway" is the English...
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    was Vickers' last purpose-built military aircraft. It was followed by the Vanguard, a passenger turboprop designed in 1959, and the Vickers VC10, a jet...
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  • twice-weekly flights to London, although these were operated by BOAC Vickers VC10. In 1973 the governments of the Emirate (now Kingdom) of Bahrain, the...
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    and are located further from the fuel supply. The Ilyushin Il-62 and Vickers VC10 both have their four engines mounted in this configuration. Jet aircraft...
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  • 45 Solent (1946–50) Vickers VC10 & Super VC10 (1964-1974) Vickers Viking (1946–47) Vickers Warwick - one aircraft (1944–45) Vickers Wellington (1942–43)...
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  • long-haul aircraft (seven ex-Caledonian Boeing 707s and four ex-BUA Vickers VC10) and 20 short-haul planes (eight ex-BUA and four ex-Caledonian BAC One-Eleven...
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    Dawson's Field hijackings (category Accidents and incidents involving the Vickers VC10)
    Jordanian airstrip. On 9 September, a fifth aircraft, BOAC Flight 775, a Vickers VC10 coming from Bahrain, was hijacked by a PFLP sympathizer and taken to...
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    known use of aircraft periscope was on the Spirit of St. Louis. The Vickers VC10 had a periscope that could be used on four locations of the aircraft...
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    to existing direct air services. The introduction into service of the Vickers VC10 on 1 October 1964 made BUA the first private UK carrier to begin sustained...
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  • airline lost three Comet 4C's, two Caravelles, a Boeing 707, the Vickers VC10, and the Vickers Viscount - MEA restarted by acquiring a Convair 990A from American...
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    retired from service on 15 October 1993. The Victor was replaced by Vickers VC10 and Lockheed Tristar tankers. The origin of the Victor and the other...
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    Farnborough has seen the debut of many famous aeroplanes, including the Vickers VC10, Concorde, the Eurofighter, the Airbus A380, and the Lockheed Martin...
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    of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker Vickers VC10 Related lists List of tanker aircraft "Il-78 Production Numbers". AeroTransport...
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    configuration has been adopted. This solution resembles the design of the Vickers VC10. Airbus devised a three-pronged main undercarriage design philosophy...
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    1982. In 1978, the RAF announced a plan to convert second-hand civil Vickers VC10 aircraft for conversion to aerial refuelling aircraft and the first K2...
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  • that the Boeing could not service, and turned to Vickers for a solution. The result was the Vickers VC10, with additional power and a smaller fuselage that...
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    Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law...
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    Hercules C.1 (RAF) Lockheed Hercules C.3 (RAF) Vickers VC10 C.1 (RAF) Vickers VC10 K.2 (RAF) Vickers VC10 K.3 (RAF) Aircraft carrier Invincible class (HMS Ark...
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  • Cargo. Aircraft types used by the division between 1974 and 1983 were Vickers 953C, Boeing 707-300C and Boeing 747-200F. The Boeing 747-400F was operated...
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  • the VC10 remained the Vickers VC10. Instead the company applied its name to marketing initiatives, the VC10 advertising carried the name "Vickers-Armstrongs...
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    The Vickers Wellesley was a medium bomber that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs at Brooklands near Weybridge...
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