| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | ZA143 |
| Military Code: | D |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers VC10 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers VC10/Super VC10 |
| Aircraft Version: | Vickers VC10 K.2 |
| C/n (msn): | 813 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 101 Sqn |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FairfordMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGVA IATA: FFD Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | IAT - International Air Tattoo 1989 |
| Photo Date: | 21 July 1989 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 464733 |
| Photo Comment |
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Arriving for the International Air Tattoo. Delivered to BOAC as G-ARVK in 1964. Merged into British Airways in 1974 then to Gulf Air in 1975 and reregistered as A4O-VK. Sold to the RAF as ZD143 in 1978 for conversion to a tanker at Filton. Delivered after coversion to the RAF in 1983. Withdrawn from use at St.Athan in 1998 and scrapped in 2001. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 30 May 2022, and has since been viewed 290 times. |