VC10's At Brize.

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VC10's At Brize.

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I suppose this is a question for Tonks really.

Today en-route from Warrington to Guildford today I swung by Brize in the hope I could get a VC10 fix, but all there was only a C-17 doing circuits. Talking to one of the other people there, they said the '10's rarely fly these days due to fuel costs & hours. Is that true and am I wasting my time & petrol going to Brize on the off chance? Or are some taking part in the Libyan crisis thus reducing the chance of seeing one flying at Brize??

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It was in the news today that VC-10s are supporting the operations over Libya, so that could account for the lack of them at Brize. No doubt Tonks and HC are busy down there too.
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There are not so many VC 10's now so most aircraft servicable at any one time will be doing something.

Were the TriStars absent too?
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Garry Russell wrote:Were the TriStars absent too?
There was one Tristar on the ramp.
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Hi Paul...

The VC10s are busier than ever, just not so much at Brize at the moment!

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Perhaps Tonks can confirm, but I think there are about 16 (maybe less) left in service.
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13 I think.
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Have a look here.. http://www.vc10.net/index.html

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Best place to look is at the bottom of this page: http://www.vc10.net/History/RAFVC10s.html and count the ones marked 'active'. Mind you, some of those could be undergoing maintenance or just standing still for other reasons.
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DarrenL wrote:13 I think.
That would be 13 then :lol:
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