Classic Brits on the Runway at Brunty

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Classic Brits on the Runway at Brunty

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Apologies if some posted this before, seems to be from 2013, but quite an impressive line up:
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/photo/ ... rier-fa-2/

I'm guessing not all three of those VC10s survive today though :'(

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Actually, they do. XR808 is in the middle and the forward 93 ft of her were delivered to RAF Cosford today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sh ... e-33215901

The other two are ZD241 and ZA147 (147 on the left and 241 on the right, the engines were swapped between the two a few weeks later). ZD241 is kept as a live runner at Bruntingthorpe and ZD147 is also owned by GJD Services and is used as a spares source for now. It is likely that ZA147 will not survive forever but for now the airframe is still intact.
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Remember those pics, quite amazing. Shame if 147 doesn't survive - it was the last one to fly. :(
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