Classic British Flight Sim

Brilliant news.

Nigel.

WhisperJet wrote:What a wonderful bird...

http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air ... 9522cebe20

Good weekend to you all,

Nick

Funny you should link that pic, Nick, I currently have it as my desktop - a majestic photo of a majestic machine.

I would like to think a company could arrange a farewell tour flight, rather than just the RAF itself, with the last VC10 in service - repainted (on one side only to save costs) to BOAC livery...MAGIC!!

HI Chris

Are there many..if any ex BOAC/BA machines left in service?

Don't think so Garry, pretty sure all of the ex BA / BOAC ones are in bits at St. Athan, if there is any left at all.

Who cares, any old VC10 in BOAC colours for a final flight is justifiable, me thinks.

I do as I'd like to think one of them is still flying

Nothing to do with any aprticular machine being painted

Looks like ZD241, which is a K4 (so ex-BA) is still with us. Unless it's been retired since July last year.

Ben Watson wrote:Don't think so Garry, pretty sure all of the ex BA / BOAC ones are in bits at St. Athan, if there is any left at all.

There's one left, the K4 ZD241.

It's amazing that any of those brutally canibalised line up at Abingdon ever flew out for rebuild.

Garry Russell wrote:It's amazing that any of those brutally canibalised line up at Abingdon ever flew out for rebuild.

Abingdon certainly has very little resemblance to the storage facilities in the Mojave desert - in size or climate!