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This site relates the full story from its early beginnings with BOAC to its current use as a tanker with the RAF."> <title>A Little VC10derness</title> <meta name="Microsoft Border" content="none"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style> .collapsible { background-color: #0074B1; color: #FFFFFF; cursor: pointer; padding: 18px; width: 100%; border: 1px solid #ffffff; text-align: left; outline: none; font-size: 15px; } .active, .collapsible:hover { background-color: #555; } .collapsible:after { content: '\002B'; /* Unicode character for "plus" sign (+) */ color: white; font-weight: bold; float: right; margin-left: 5px; } .active:after { content: "\2212"; /* Unicode character for "minus" sign (-) */ } .content { padding: 0 18px; max-height: 0; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 0.2s ease-out; background-color: #0074B1; } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#0074B1" text="#FFFFFF" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" align="center"> <b><font size="6">A Little <img border="0" src="images/VC10logo_trans2.gif" width="240" height="60">derness</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/G-ARTA_frontpage.jpg" width="500" height="452"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="middle" align="center"> <b><font size="4">29 June 1962 - 25 September 2013</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="middle" align="center"> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><a href="index2.html" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/Enter_Site_small.gif" align="center" width="150" height="116"></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Or click <a href="index2.html" target="_top">here</a> to enter</p></td> </tr> </table> <hr> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3"> <p align="center"> <a href="http://www.vc10.net/gb/view.php">View My Guestbook</a>      <img border="0" src="images/Guestbook.jpg" width="100" height="40">      <a href="http://www.vc10.net/gb/sign.php">Sign My Guestbook</a></p> <p align="center">  </p> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <hr> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"> <p align="center">Created by: Jelle Hieminga, 2001</p> <p align="center">Updated: 2 November 2024</p> <p align="center"></p> <p align="center"> This site is best viewed at a minimum screen size of 1024*768. Your current screen setting is:<br>   <script language="JavaScript"> document.write("<font face='verdana' color='#FFFFFF'>"); document.write(screen.width + "*" + screen.height); document.write("</font>") </script></p> <p align="center">For some elements of this site Javascript must be enabled.</p> <p align="center">For a seamless browsing experience, I would recommend:<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.firefox.com"><img border="0" alt="Get Firefox!" title="Get Firefox!" src="images/get.gif"/></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top"> <button type="button" class="collapsible"><b>What's new:</b></button> <div class="content"> <ul> <li>A series of <a href="Photos/BOAC_Operation.html">photos showing how BOAC operated in the 1960s</a>.</li> <li>I have added a <a href="Photos/memorabelia_1.html#Amy">flown cover commemorating Amy Johnson</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="news.html#AlsoServe">new title from Crecy: They Also Serve by Chris Gibson</a>.</li> <li>Two new <a href="Airframes/cn_814__garvl.html">photos of G-ARVL/ZA140</a> and <a href="Airframes/cn_823__9gabo.html">one of 9G-ABO</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="Memories/everything_raf.html#Davisvideo">video from a 2004 VC10 refuelling flight</a>.</li> <li>Several new photos of <a href="Airframes/cn_881__5xuva.html">5X-UVA, EAA's first Super VC10</a> and <a href="Airframes/cn_838__XV108.html">XV108</a>.</li> <li><a href="History/Voyager.html">An article (with photos) about the RAF's Voyager tankers</a>.</li> <li><a href="Memories/everything_raf.html#VIPRAF">Memories of RAF VIP flights and others</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#ASGCrepaint">Super VC10 repaint at Duxford</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="Memories/FromtheCabin.html#TimingTO">story about a different take-off</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#Wisley2024">Plans for homes on Wisley airfield approved</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="Photos/memorabelia_1.html#Giftshop">BOAC Speedbird Gift Shop brochure</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="Technical/oddities.html#Astrovision">link between Top Gun and the VC10</a>.</li> <li>The story of how <a href="History/Falklands_40years.html#Bother">a box of spares caused trouble (scroll down)</a>.</li> <li>Additional <a href="Airframes/cn_837__XV107.html">photos of XV107</a>.</li> <li>Several <a href="Airframes/cn_885__5hmog.html">photos added to 5H-MOG/ZA150 page</a>.</li> <li><a href="Technical/ATAbreakdown.html">The ATA-100 breakdown</a> for the VC10.</li> <li>Some new <a href="History/VictoriaCross.html">photos of VC scrolls</a>.</li> <li>More photos showing <a href="Airframes/cn_806__garvc.html">G-ARVC/ZA144</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#JCwings_GASIX">Two new models from JC Wings</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#ZA148StAthan">ZA148's forward fuselage is now in Wales</a>.</li> <li><a href="Technical/Autoland_2.html">Development of Autoland for the VC10</a>, an article by ex-BLEU scientist Bruce Lumsden.</li> <li>An <a href="Data/Economics_VC10.html">article discussing the operating costs of the VC10 for BOAC</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#Avion">Avion Video going out of business sale</a>.</li> <li>Work on <a href="news.html#CAHC_VC10">dismantling ZA148 has started (updated)</a>.</li> <li>A couple of images <a href="Photos/memorabelia_2.html#Prints">here</a> and <a href="Photos/memorabelia_3.html#Promotional">here</a>.</li> <li>CAHC's <a href="news.html#CAHC_1-11">1-11 fuselage will move to Southampton</a>.</li> <li>Some <a href="news.html#VC10tenyears">thoughts about the preserved VC10s</a>.</li> <li>A <a href="Technical/Conway.html">page about the Rolls-Royce Conway</a></li> <li><a href="Airframes/cn_838__XV108.html">Updated photos of XV108 at the Aeropark</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#Viscount75">Flown covers for the 75th anniversary of the Viscount's first flight</a>.</li> <li><a href="Memories/everything_raf.html#Simcrash">A story about crashing a VC10 simulator</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#CAHCEbay">CAHC is selling off two airframes to fund scrapping of VC10 and 1-11</a>.</li> <li>A page about <a href="Technical/Teardown.html">the Teardown projects that kept the RAF fleet in the air</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#VickyTen">Vicky Ten children's book</a> published.</li> <li><a href="news.html#AvPodcast">A VC10 themed podcast</a> and a <a href="news.html#SkyTalkTalk">video from the Sky Talk event</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#ScarfSaved">Scarf VC medal saved</a>.</li> <li><a href="Memories/everything_raf.html#secret">An update about secret VC10s</a>.</li> <li><a href="Memories/everything_raf.html#HFRadio">A story about a HF radio from XR808</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html#CAHCapril">CAHC may need to move within days - updated.</a></li> <li><a href="news.html#SkyTalkTalk">Sky Talk event at Brooklands Museum</a>.</li> <li>Added <a href="Photos/memorabelia_2.html#Firstdaycovers">some flown covers</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">BOAC Speedbird Adverts book giveaway.</a></li> <li><a href="Memories/WhiteWaltham.html#Photos">White Waltham 1977 photos added</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">Save Arthur Scarf's VC medal</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">CAHC may move to new location near Newquay</a>.</li> <li><a href="Memories/everything_raf.html#Display">Display flying... and ATC</a>.</li> <li>My page about the Falklands conflict has been updated to include <a href="History/Falklands_40years.html">a new story, A Spot of Bother</a>.</li> <li>Photos of <a href="Airframes/cn_814__garvl.html">G-ARVL after the first Royal Flight on a VC10</a>.</li> <li><a href="Photos/memorabelia_2.html#RAFTCbrochure">A RAF passenger information brochure from 1967</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre closes its doors</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">Trouble at Newquay?</a></li> <li>A <a href="History/Timeline.html">timeline of important VC10 related dates</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">2015 VC10 Bookazine reissued</a>.</li> <li>New photos of <a href="Photos/memorabelia_2.html#Keytags">VC10 keytags and another souvenir</a>.</li> <li><a href="news.html">Small bits of ZD241 for sale.</a></li> <li><a href="news.html">60th Anniversary coverage</a>, including some thoughts about <a href="History/vc10_60years.html">the past 60 years</a>.</li> <li>A Little VC10derness<a href="news.html"> is now on Twitter</a>.</li> <li><a href="Technical/Autonav.html">AutoNav and Data Link testing on the VC10</a>.</li> </ul> </div> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"> </p> <button type="button" class="collapsible"><b>What to expect in the future:</b></button> <div class="content"> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">Information on routes flown by BOAC VC10s</p></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">More photos from the RAF days</p></li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">More technical data</p></li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">And perhaps a bit later on in the future:</p> <ul> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left">More technical system descriptions</p></li> </ul> <p align="left">(No promises on when to expect any of this I'm afraid... )</p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="80%" align="center"> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" align="center"><p>Would you like to support A Little VC10derness? 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Let's talk <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VC10?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VC10</a>, both its civil career, the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAF?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAF</a> years and now in preservation. 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