Topic title: ICAO Code
VC10
Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Vickers (Super) VC10 by Vickers-Armstrongs (later BAC)
Aircraft Category
D
Purpose or Role in Game
Historic (1962-2013) mid-sized, narrow-body, long-range British jet airliner. Also used as a strategic air transport and aerial refuelling aircraft for the Royal Air Force.
Why should this aircraft be added?
The more historic aircraft in game (DH46, DC3, Concorde, soon B741 and MD-11) have a certain iconic status to them. With its engineering, looks and service history the VC10 certainly fits this category.
Filling in the gap between DH46 en B741 it would make the historic side of the game more complete, whilst allowing players to enjoy more diversity. If ever Kai Tak is added, the VC10 landed there too. And the RAF flew them all over the world.
Airlines that used it
Civilian operators (109 to 174 pax)
- British Airways
- Gulf Air
- Middle East Airlines
- BOAC
- Air Ceylon (not in game)
- East African Airways (not in game)
- Ghana Airways (not in game)
- Air Malawi (not in game - requested)
- Nigeria Airways (not in game)
- Sierra Leone Airways (not in game)
- British Caledonian (not in game - requested)
- British United Airways (not in game)
Military and government operators
- Royal Flight of Oman
- Qatar Amiri Flight
- Royal Air Force
- United Arab Emirates Government (not in game)
Special characteristics or variants
- Very rare rear-engined quad layout:
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- Impressive T-tail
- Wide flaps (optically 5 segments per wing) resulting in a dramatic look when fully deployed.
- Capable for hot and high African en Asian destinations (opening up shorter runways and rougher terrain), but also used transatlantic to the Caribbean.
- Loud distinctive Conway engine sound.
- Notable variants:
- Standard VC10
- Super VC10 (extended by 4 meters, more powerful engines, fin fuel tank)
- some Super VC10s in a combi configuration with a large cargo door
- VC10 C/K (purpose built and converted military transport/tanker)
Trivia
The VC10 once achieved the fastest crossing of the Atlantic by a subsonic jet airliner of 5 hours and 1 minute, a record that was held for 41 years, until February 2020.
Optional: Links or references
Wikipedia - VC10
A Little VC10derness (old-skool site with tons of info)Flaps, T-tail and quads:
The sound (headphone warning):
Commercial liveries:
Mil/Gov liveries:
Planiform:
History:
