ZA147 Departing on Retirement-4
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RAF Vickers VC10 Aircraft
The last VC10 aircraft, ZA147, begins it’s take-off run, prior to it’s final departure.
On 26th September 2013 a great chapter of British aviation history closed when, after 47 years of exceptional service, the last flying Vickers VC10 K3 aircraft, ZA147, ‘Foxtrot’, took off from Royal Air Force Brize Norton and then landed into retirement at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire. This aircraft holds the record for the fastest ever flight of an airliner from London to Australia.
Until 26th September 2013, RAF Brize Norton maintained a fleet of VC10 as dual-role air transport and Air-to-Air Refuelling aircraft. In the AT role, the aircraft was used for troop carrying, with accommodation for 124 passengers and nine crew. Use of a large freight door in the rear cabin, on the forward left side, of the aircraft allows easy conversion of the aircraft into a dual-role passenger/freight or full-freight configuration. In its full-freight role, the cabin could hold up to 20,400kgs of palletised freight, ground equipment or vehicles, on its permanently strengthened floor. The aircraft could also be used for aero-medical evacuation, for which up to 68 stretchers may be fitted.
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Photographer: Paul Crouch
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ZA147 Departing on Retirement-1
Image by RAF Brize Norton
RAF Vickers VC10 Aircraft
On the last VC10 flight from RAF Brize Norton, aircraft, ZA147, had 2 crews who shared the sortie.
On 26th September 2013 a great chapter of British aviation history closed when, after 47 years of exceptional service, the last flying Vickers VC10 K3 aircraft, ZA147, ‘Foxtrot’, took off from Royal Air Force Brize Norton and then landed into retirement at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire. This aircraft holds the record for the fastest ever flight of an airliner from London to Australia.
Until 26th September 2013, RAF Brize Norton maintained a fleet of VC10 as dual-role air transport and Air-to-Air Refuelling aircraft. In the AT role, the aircraft was used for troop carrying, with accommodation for 124 passengers and nine crew. Use of a large freight door in the rear cabin, on the forward left side, of the aircraft allows easy conversion of the aircraft into a dual-role passenger/freight or full-freight configuration. In its full-freight role, the cabin could hold up to 20,400kgs of palletised freight, ground equipment or vehicles, on its permanently strengthened floor. The aircraft could also be used for aero-medical evacuation, for which up to 68 stretchers may be fitted.
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Photographer: Paul Crouch
Image: ZA147 Departing on Retirement-1
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ZA147 Departing on Retirement-2
Image by RAF Brize Norton
RAF Vickers VC10 Aircraft
On the last VC10 flight from RAF Brize Norton, aircraft, ZA147, had 2 crews who shared the sortie.
On 26th September 2013 a great chapter of British aviation history closed when, after 47 years of exceptional service, the last flying Vickers VC10 K3 aircraft, ZA147, ‘Foxtrot’, took off from Royal Air Force Brize Norton and then landed into retirement at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome in Leicestershire. This aircraft holds the record for the fastest ever flight of an airliner from London to Australia.
Until 26th September 2013, RAF Brize Norton maintained a fleet of VC10 as dual-role air transport and Air-to-Air Refuelling aircraft. In the AT role, the aircraft was used for troop carrying, with accommodation for 124 passengers and nine crew. Use of a large freight door in the rear cabin, on the forward left side, of the aircraft allows easy conversion of the aircraft into a dual-role passenger/freight or full-freight configuration. In its full-freight role, the cabin could hold up to 20,400kgs of palletised freight, ground equipment or vehicles, on its permanently strengthened floor. The aircraft could also be used for aero-medical evacuation, for which up to 68 stretchers may be fitted.
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© Crown Copyright 2013
Photographer: Paul Crouch
Image: ZA147 Departing on Retirement-2
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