1-11 or VC10
Posted: 02 May 2005, 20:55
Just a quckie, what is the better aircraft VC-10, or the VC-11, sorry BAC 1-11!?
On the strength of this.. I have not voted but I'll be interested to see what the others think
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Posted: 02 May 2005, 21:00
Far too open a question to answer Gavin. They both have their good points and were both designed and built to carry out a specific role.
On the strength of this.. I have not voted but I'll be interested to see what the others think
DaveB :smt025
On the strength of this.. I have not voted but I'll be interested to see what the others think
DaveB :smt025
Posted: 02 May 2005, 21:05
For a trans-Atlantic flight I think I'd prefer to fly in the VC-10 instead of the 1-11. 
Which is *better*? It's a toss-up in my book. :oops:
Brian
Which is *better*? It's a toss-up in my book. :oops: Brian
Posted: 02 May 2005, 21:20
Probably because the 1-11 would have run out of fuel, unless fitted with Long Range tanks....!
Posted: 02 May 2005, 21:21
Admittedly, both amazing aircraft. Off to Duxford tomorrow to take many pics of them!
Posted: 02 May 2005, 22:01
Been there.. done that... many, many, many times but.. I'll be there again this weekend for the first show of the year 
DaveB :smt025
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Posted: 02 May 2005, 22:13
Erm... Flawed poll, as said above. But I'll vote 1-11, for the two-crew cockpit and because I've been on one!
James
James
Posted: 02 May 2005, 22:54
May see you there DaveDaveB wrote:Been there.. done that... many, many, many times but.. I'll be there again this weekend for the first show of the year
DaveB :smt025
Re: 1-11 or VC10
Posted: 02 May 2005, 23:04
The VC-11 design had 4 Speys.Gavin R wrote:Just a quckie, what is the better aircraft VC-10, or the VC-11, sorry BAC 1-11!?
Imagine the noise.
Posted: 03 May 2005, 01:35
Never got chance to do the VC10 (unless the RAF can be persuaded to do some enthusiast flights....I'm sure in the spirit of Public-Private Partnership it could be done) but I did get some 1-11 "haulage" in before Maersk got rid of theirs at BHX. I do therefore have a soft spot for the 1-11 especially as we are roughly the same age (42)
On the noise issue I was in a car supermarket right under the flight path for the main runway at BHX one Saturday when they were taking off over it. Several Boering 737's took off and were reasonably quiet. Then a Maersk-BA 1-11 took off, all smoke and noise, and triggered every single car alarm in the place! Completely mental! God alone knows what it would have been like with a Trident or for that matter a Comet.
On the noise issue I was in a car supermarket right under the flight path for the main runway at BHX one Saturday when they were taking off over it. Several Boering 737's took off and were reasonably quiet. Then a Maersk-BA 1-11 took off, all smoke and noise, and triggered every single car alarm in the place! Completely mental! God alone knows what it would have been like with a Trident or for that matter a Comet.