
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | ZD230 |
Alternate Registration: | G-ASGA |
Aircraft Original Type: | Vickers VC10 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Vickers VC10/Super VC10 |
Aircraft Version: | Vickers Super VC10 Srs1151 |
C/n (msn): | 851 |
Display Paint: | British Airways |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | AbingdonMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGUD IATA: ABB Local: - Other: - |
Event: | Battle of Britain at Home Day Press Preview 1982 |
Photo Date: | 17 September 1982 |
Photo by: | Roger Syratt |
Photo ID: | 603370 |
Photo Comment |
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After retirement from British Airways the airframe was acquired in 1981 by the MOD for possible air tanker conversion and flown to Abingdon. After almost 10 years of storage there it was ferried to Bristol Filton in January 1991 for conversion to Super VC-10 K.4 configuration, and on completion was delivered to 101 Squadron at Brize Norton in December 1994. It made its last flight on 16th December 2005 when it was ferried from RAF Fairford St. Athan where it was broken up the following year. This photo is copyright © Roger Syratt, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 September 2023, and has since been viewed 247 times. |