Classic British Flight Sim

Hi all,

just been looking into the background of VC-10 G-ARTA and her unfortunate landing in the 1970's which ultimately lead to her being broken up.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0131097/M/

This picture has appeared recently on airliners and is a wonderful shot. Looking stunning in her early years.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1202643/L/

Anyone know more about the landing incident? :think:

Here you go Eddie

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... -0&lang=en

Garry

Cheers for that Garry, a sad demise for the Aircraft but thankfully all occupants survived. I can't bring myself to look at the bottom picture on that page... :crying:

ATB

Hi Eddie

During the breaking up apprentices cut some of the metal up into VC 10 shaped pieces and these were sold for charity.

It was lucky to get this far as the cost of converting it to production standard after it's life as a test aircraft was so expensive it was said at them time to have been a waste and just as cheap and probably better to have built a new one.

Despite the cost Laker still bought it...maybe it was quicker

Garry

I think Laker/BUA actually got it at a discount because it was damaged one time during testing, but Brian Trubshaw managed to bring it down in more or less one piece so it was repaired and eventually sold - at least thats what I read in his book. He wrote that the day after the accident, Laker phoined him and said "So how much will this one be going for now?"

Maybe that's why he bought it.........I think the next bit followed on, as the cost of bringing it up to production standard was similar to a new one.

They did this at work often.....buy a cheap bargain machine to save money buying new then by the time it was working properly the cost had gone sky high.

It wasn't Laker/BUA btw, but Laker Airways that bought it.

Garry

This incident is said to have given rise to one of the more amusing exchanges between a Captain and a passenger, who asked him if they normally put them on the ground as hard as this, and received the terse, accurate but undiplomatic reply " No we bloody well don't"

like probably some screen writer or director needed a line for a movie trailer?


I am serious.. and Don't call me Shirley
:gigle:

It was an empty positioning/ferry flight.

That is well known (that it was empty) and is in the accident report on the second post.

Garry

Garry Russell wrote:
During the breaking up apprentices cut some of the metal up into VC 10 shaped pieces and these were sold for charity.

I was one of those apprentices

Paul