I flew on these beauties 76-77 as a steward in the RAF. A 'standard' fuselage (with side loading door for freight/reinforced floor) with 'super' wings and tail. Awesome machine!
Fabulous aircraft. In 1984, I flew to Ascension Island via Gambia on one of these. Awesome power and the most gentle landing that I have ever experienced by any aircraft.
(random fact that green hangar that can be seen from 5:57 to 6:02 houses Bernie Eccleston's car collection and the BAe 146 at the end is his private plane)
Brilliant footage of a gorgeous aeroplane. I have always been in love with the VC10. The old BOAC slogan was 'Try a little Ten-derness'. The smell and the noise came through the screen: intoxicating! I understand that they will be withdrawn from RAF service in the next couple of years. I was fortunate enough to travel in an East African Airways Super VC10 and a Gulf Air Standard VC10. The memories will last a lifetime. The Queen of the skies and there are tears in my eyes.
That was absolutely awesome,that is one aeroplane i would have loved to travel on,the nearest i got to it was a Boeing 707 436,also powered by those famous Rolls Royce Conways,that was way back in 1977 Brilliant thanks..........John
The VC10 took me to several conflicts and one brought me home from Uruguay after being injured in the Falklands conflict. A very comforting aircraft to be in - just feels very dependable and reliable. That's probably why the RAF kept them in service for so long.
esta bien el modelo de avion , el fuselage .... y todo eso solo le saco un pequeño detalle negativo :hecha mucho residuo gaseoso , pero por lo demas de fabula . suerte
@Starlight764 Brize Norton was there before any of the houses were. You probably also moved in knowing the Airport was active. Therefore, you have nothing to complain about.
@bmused55 hehe relax mate, I wasn't complaining I was reminiscing. Used to be a Medic, based at Brize from 98 to 02. Trying to sleep off a night shift was a problem :)
This just made my morning. I flew on this very aircraft (XV106) back in 1984, flying from Brize Norton to Decimomannu and Wildenrath. I was 14 years oldand in the ATC, my uncle was a sqn leader (10 Sqn), I took the jump seat all the way. Happy days.
@58Vulcan - The KC135A powered by J57's is like a geriatric-cripple (in performance terms) compared to ANY Vickers VC.10 which has approx' TWICE AS MUCH POWER as any elderly 'standard' KC135A.
(& no, I'm NOT refering to the KC135-R)
Being a smoking-wanker DOESN'T make it any more impressive.
(so, it's a lame-duck in direct comparison !)
The Vickers VC.10 = STILL HOLDS the fastest London to New-York crossing made by any other airliner-type (other than Concord} with good reason...
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Great footage! However, if you can afford a decent camera maybe you should show your support by actually buying a ticket, not sitting outside the fence for free! -airshows aren't cheap to run!
@lightning1975 The footage was shot both outside and inside at Biggin; notice the tannoys, the RAF chap talking us through the display and - the big giveaway - the landing. Two different days, two different locations...
@lightning1975 ; Bit daft that comment, coz guys who CAN afford quality cameras (i.e, me) will OFTEN tell you that OUTSIDE a show (i.e, Duxford) = WILL be condusive to (much) better pix. ~ If I had a pound for EVERY show I've PAID FOR & gone 'inside' since 1974, then I'd be smokin' around in a soft-top 350.SL Merc' (!) ~ so it's NEVER that guys like me WON'T support airshows = it's pure freedom of choice & dependant on whom I'm with on that actual day...
I grew up living beside Heathrow and always thought the VC-10 was a beautiful aircraft, even though she was very noisy (probably THE noisiest commercial airliner at the time). I still remember the BOAC VC-10 crash at Heathrow (i think in 1965) involving fatalities. So sad.
Who the hell was the idiot walking in front of the camera as it was landing? Honestly! Just how many fucking VC-10 landings does he think are going to be left that he can casually walk away? I would have loved to have been there and sure as hell have watched the landing.
Nice vid mate. I like the commentator saying how the RAF pilots like flying the big aircraft like fighter jets...i had to laugh at that thanks for this vid mate.
@MrCagivaman ~ Since you have time in the VC10 I wonder if you could answer another question? The VID (VC-10 flightdeck: full approach & landing" by "Christian 1213") shows the forward instrument panel on the "10" and it's quite different from the 4 engine A/C I've logged time on. Normally there is a 4X4 display for the four engines, EPR, EPR2 (or N1/N2), FF and EGT, but I noticed that's not the case with the VC-10 in this VID? Could you provide any comment on that observation, please?
@MrCagivaman ~ No Convair time although I certainly watched my share of them landing & taking off @ LAX in the very early years of the 1970's decade. I tried (by best) to fly the Concorde in the 70's (out of NYC) but the operators of the Concorde wouldn't extend standard interline discounts on their supersonic bird. Now days I spend my spare time flying the B737-800 using my Microsoft Flight Sim X. If a flt attendant ever comes out asking if "anyone can fly a 747?"
@MrCagivaman ~ I worked for a total of 5 airlines (JAL, Aero America, Swift, Comair & PSA between 1970 and 1995 and logged a total of 1,814,00 nautical miles to all 50 US states 34 countries. With JAL I was limited to the DC8F and B747 although I have 414,000 miles in B747 cockpit jumpseats and another 128,000 in DC8F cockpit jumpseats. I also have extensive time in the B707, B727, B737, B757, B767, DC9, DC10, L1011, Trident III, F27, Nord 262, DH114, Shorts 330, 360, and 24 other type A/C.
@MrCagivaman ~ Thank you! I worked at LAX (for JAL) during the entire decade of the 70's and the VC10 may well have been my favorite aircraft with BOAC operating the "10" into Los Angeles, at that time. A bit of disappointment though ~ with more than one million nautical miles flown, I never had the opportunity to fly on the VC10 or the Concorde.
@MrRonnieG You are most welcome. Thanks for the JAL info and you have certainly clocked up the miles !!!! Shame about the 10 and Concorde but you must have been in some classics ??? B707, DC8, maybe even a Convair 880 although I do not know if JAL operated them ?????
Correct me if I'm wrong but it appears that only the outboard engines are equipped with reverse thrust capability. Is that a good observation or am I just completely, totally and thoroughly wrong? :)
@MrRonnieG Yes, you have spotted that correctly. The standard VC10 had only 2 reversers but the Super had 4. The RAF version was a Hybrid in that it had fuel in the Fin, Super wings with the Super Chord Line Extension, an additional wing fence and Super Engines and Landing Gear, but still only the 2 Reversers. It was deemed un-necessary in 1964 and they seemed to have coped quite well. When I flew with them to most of our overseas bases, we always seemed to stop with out any bother !!!!!
When you listen to the spotters, they all love the smells, the noise, the looks. Why, then, dont they get a job on the things. I could do with a hand unblocking the bunged up toilet on the 737-800 currently in the hangar. So if you are a spotter in need of employment, get your mask and gloves on and call me in Hangar 10 Schipol Airport, Amsterdam. Thanks.
Fantastic plane and fantastic footage! I flew many times between US and UK in BOAC Super VC 10s, and it is still my favourite airliner. At the same time I also flew in plenty of Boeing 707s and DC 8s, they were no match.
I've no idea what it was doing here, but a year or two ago I heard a distinctive roar, & looked up to see that distinctive whale tail & cluster of engines departing from Pierre Trudeau International here in Montreal.
Still an incredibly elegant aircraft, a true classic. I hope the RAF can keep flying them for many more years to come!
A great video Viddy. These magnificent aeroplanes are still a common sight at RAF Brize Norton. It's a pity the VC10's replacement will have quiet and smoke-free engines!
The VC-10 was a great aircraft - importantly with lots and lots of development potential. According to the Putnam book on 'Vickers' there was a VC-11 and a VC-12 on the drawing board. There was ample room at the rear to fit LARGE engines - the design could probably have accommodated a pair of RB211 turbofans.
So... what happened? The British aviation industry was obliged by the government to 'rationalise' & all effort was channelled in Concorde instead. The VC-10 could be said to be a casualty.
i was lucky enough to have one fly straight over me at quite low altitude the other day, it seemed to by doing a circuit of LBA. but the sound was stunning. this is probably my favorite plane. its such a shame it is being scrapped because they are truly the best British aircraft ever made imo.
@2491cc Australia did design and make the nomad in the 1970's but due to a serious structural problem they were all eventually scrapped. Some given to Indonesia but all now gone.
This is just what we need to deliver £100million bombs on enemies of freedom. Yey Team America and Little Britain. We will show those uncivilized brown people how to become obedient consumers. Bomb the shit out of them! Our tax money has to get spent on something....right??
Love it....i remember when i was 4 growing up with these at RAF St Athan. used to love going to see them in the hangar. I have live behind the wire with the RAF since brith (18 years) and i've loved every minute!
@cadence33333 ive never actually seen a vc-10 take-off in real life, only on youtube. it's ashame that raf vc-10's don't do more airshows because i'd love to see one at the southend airshow :-)
Damn what a beautiful sound. Probably the loudest commercial jet ever. I think the Tu-154m and DC-10 have a better spool-up sound, but this thing sure is awesome.
Flew from South Africa in a BOAC Super VC10 in 1971. Before air hijackings. Cockpit door open all the way,could see all the action up front. They were ruined as an international air liner, by, was it Ralph Nader?, in USA in a campaign against aircraft noise.They were no noisier than Boing or Douglas,but as they had such a distingtive silouette (and they were foreign) they got all the blame & had huge restrictions on them flying into US airports, so overseas airlines didnt buy them. Such a shame
What a shame we're so strangled by the fukking fukking fukking EU and States. What morons have run our nation for so long now. Heartbreaking. Just look at her. And listen...
As if! Empire building never was you Brits long suit! A great democratic power reduced to a sitcom of the House of Commons "Ask The Prim minister", showing on C-SPAN at 1:30 am (check your daily schedule)...Just sad...
To this day, she stirs my emotions like no other..
Just can't believe that we, as a nation, can't get our act together and reclaim the advances in technology and aviation that were ours... And squandered by the Bowler Hats..
What does anyone reckon a VC10 would have looked like if the Nimrod MRA4 Budget was spent on it??, Kick Ass i'd say!!
You LUCKY people!! I have been campaigning for years to get a flying VC10 display at RAF Leuchars, but no - if one is there it is only on static display. :( I don't think it will ever happen and I will NEVER get to see one of these beauties in person. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing it with us.
The VC-10 sounds like the Bac1-11 on steriods and a dose of viagra!!
Rogapol 3 days ago
I flew on these beauties 76-77 as a steward in the RAF. A 'standard' fuselage (with side loading door for freight/reinforced floor) with 'super' wings and tail. Awesome machine!
ajhiflyer 4 days ago
Great film, thanks for sharing
Cabinessance 4 days ago
1:20 . balls of titanium
dipu94321 4 days ago
Incredible why? I`ve seen so many take off/landings that they became boring.
geoac 5 days ago
Fabulous aircraft. In 1984, I flew to Ascension Island via Gambia on one of these. Awesome power and the most gentle landing that I have ever experienced by any aircraft.
rumpali1 1 week ago
interesting engine configuration. nevert seen quad rear on a subsonic plane before.
akouzov 1 week ago
@akouzov Ilyushin 62 and the original Lockheed Jetstar are another couple of examples
bayleafdog 1 week ago
(random fact that green hangar that can be seen from 5:57 to 6:02 houses Bernie Eccleston's car collection and the BAe 146 at the end is his private plane)
GAFAAAAAA 1 week ago
I'm going on dragons den with a kerosene air-freshener (3:09)
GAFAAAAAA 1 week ago
Brilliant footage of a gorgeous aeroplane. I have always been in love with the VC10. The old BOAC slogan was 'Try a little Ten-derness'. The smell and the noise came through the screen: intoxicating! I understand that they will be withdrawn from RAF service in the next couple of years. I was fortunate enough to travel in an East African Airways Super VC10 and a Gulf Air Standard VC10. The memories will last a lifetime. The Queen of the skies and there are tears in my eyes.
JMc4Carthy 2 weeks ago 3
wonderful one
eddiemgoma46 2 weeks ago
That was absolutely awesome,that is one aeroplane i would have loved to travel on,the nearest i got to it was a Boeing 707 436,also powered by those famous Rolls Royce Conways,that was way back in 1977 Brilliant thanks..........John
johnwood57 3 weeks ago
The VC10 took me to several conflicts and one brought me home from Uruguay after being injured in the Falklands conflict. A very comforting aircraft to be in - just feels very dependable and reliable. That's probably why the RAF kept them in service for so long.
theclivesinclair 4 weeks ago
wasn't this a British government jet or something like that?
Daaoud94 1 month ago
Save time. The video starts at about 4:00.
bartgroupinc 1 month ago
esta bien el modelo de avion , el fuselage .... y todo eso solo le saco un pequeño detalle negativo :hecha mucho residuo gaseoso , pero por lo demas de fabula . suerte
AlvaroGarciaCano 1 month ago
@ViddyKJB what camera did you use for this?
willbertdsgc 1 month ago
NOT cool when you live 500 feet from the runway at Brize Norton and these things are taking off fulling loaded for refueling ops
Starlight764 1 month ago
@Starlight764 Brize Norton was there before any of the houses were. You probably also moved in knowing the Airport was active. Therefore, you have nothing to complain about.
bmused55 1 month ago
@bmused55 hehe relax mate, I wasn't complaining I was reminiscing. Used to be a Medic, based at Brize from 98 to 02. Trying to sleep off a night shift was a problem :)
Starlight764 1 month ago
@bmused55 oh and its and RAF base, not an airport :)
Starlight764 1 month ago
How cool! I actually got to see one of these birds parked at Minneapolis in 2006. What an awesome airplane!
AmericanAirlinesRule 1 month ago
This just made my morning. I flew on this very aircraft (XV106) back in 1984, flying from Brize Norton to Decimomannu and Wildenrath. I was 14 years oldand in the ATC, my uncle was a sqn leader (10 Sqn), I took the jump seat all the way. Happy days.
firestormmike07 1 month ago
Worlds most beautiful airliner - thanks for putting up a great video.
Motoguzzi750 1 month ago
Damn what a beauty!
clusterfak 1 month ago
This can't be in England. I have been to England and it is not sunny. This has got to be in California.
redbaroniii 1 month ago
@redbaroniii lol, I wouldn't exactly call it sunny!
tGJimo 1 month ago
@redbaroniii Yes, it is. Places in the US with far worse weather.
MrStig691 1 month ago
If you want to even more noise and smoke a J57 powered KC135A will do it-with 2/3 the power.
58Vulcan 1 month ago
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Hunstanton29 1 month ago
@58Vulcan - The KC135A powered by J57's is like a geriatric-cripple (in performance terms) compared to ANY Vickers VC.10 which has approx' TWICE AS MUCH POWER as any elderly 'standard' KC135A.
(& no, I'm NOT refering to the KC135-R)
Being a smoking-wanker DOESN'T make it any more impressive.
(so, it's a lame-duck in direct comparison !)
The Vickers VC.10 = STILL HOLDS the fastest London to New-York crossing made by any other airliner-type (other than Concord} with good reason...
Hunstanton29 1 month ago
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Great footage! However, if you can afford a decent camera maybe you should show your support by actually buying a ticket, not sitting outside the fence for free! -airshows aren't cheap to run!
lightning1975 1 month ago
@lightning1975 The footage was shot both outside and inside at Biggin; notice the tannoys, the RAF chap talking us through the display and - the big giveaway - the landing. Two different days, two different locations...
ViddyKJB 1 month ago 21
@lightning1975 ; Bit daft that comment, coz guys who CAN afford quality cameras (i.e, me) will OFTEN tell you that OUTSIDE a show (i.e, Duxford) = WILL be condusive to (much) better pix. ~ If I had a pound for EVERY show I've PAID FOR & gone 'inside' since 1974, then I'd be smokin' around in a soft-top 350.SL Merc' (!) ~ so it's NEVER that guys like me WON'T support airshows = it's pure freedom of choice & dependant on whom I'm with on that actual day...
Hunstanton29 1 month ago
@lightning1975 i think im the only person to give you a thumbs up haha
Pringles352 1 month ago
as you can tell from the video it was very,very NOISEY!-corncrake-19
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i was there that day at biggin hill when the vc-10 was on display and it was impressive i can tell you-corncrake-19
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I got burnt really badly that day... VC-10 was good!
Ryanblaaaa 2 months ago
Great video of a classic beauty!
blembree1 2 months ago
. . . . Shame it isnt "smell-o-vision" ! Fantastic video.
1976GEME 2 months ago
I grew up living beside Heathrow and always thought the VC-10 was a beautiful aircraft, even though she was very noisy (probably THE noisiest commercial airliner at the time). I still remember the BOAC VC-10 crash at Heathrow (i think in 1965) involving fatalities. So sad.
savioba1 2 months ago
Beautiful design, but what a noisy pollution box, lol. 100 birds died of carbon monoxide poisons when that thing took off, lol.
MrWati25 2 months ago
Love the way she soots up the sky as he pours on the coals !!!
a8127 2 months ago
2:57 FUCK HISTORY!
capvallejo 2 months ago
the most beautifull airliner,apart from concorde of course!
venusboymarc 2 months ago 2
Fantastic aircraft, a true British classic.
timber733 2 months ago 2
@timber733
Oh realy? Do you know an Ilyushin-62?
Shturmovick1 2 months ago
@Shturmovick1 Yes I know the ll-62, I am familiar with many Russian aircraft civilian and military, I am a particular fan of the TU-154.
andyw92 2 months ago
@Shturmovick1 Il-62 was bad copy of VC-10
MAJK30 2 months ago
CRAP SO NOISY UGLY DESIGN
mcpogi4u 2 months ago
Such a beautiful video, tainted only by the sound of an abused Harrier after the VC/10 has taken off.
DarknessUnofficial 2 months ago
I live in akrotiri cyprus, woke up every morning to that noise and even flew in it 2-3 times, :)
mentalhazr 3 months ago
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staffsmole 3 months ago
Good Job
4 Engines at the Tail
Klappfall 3 months ago
Who the hell was the idiot walking in front of the camera as it was landing? Honestly! Just how many fucking VC-10 landings does he think are going to be left that he can casually walk away? I would have loved to have been there and sure as hell have watched the landing.
jjaus 3 months ago 3
nice work. Still one of the sweetest looking aircraft, can,t be too many of these left flying
Mr2pint 3 months ago
Nice vid mate. I like the commentator saying how the RAF pilots like flying the big aircraft like fighter jets...i had to laugh at that thanks for this vid mate.
Musicgutbucket 3 months ago
Nice vid mate.
Musicgutbucket 3 months ago
it incredable taht this plane is alble to fly
612lsaFendt 3 months ago
Ah, the glory days before they worried about burning every drop
MrClaretMatt 3 months ago
who else heard the kid say fuck?
mooooodle 3 months ago 19
Fantastic aircraft!!!
hearts76100 3 months ago
You're right. The music of those four engines at takeoff power
beats any of the teenybopper trash music that is so sadly prevalent in youtube.
AAHKLEE 3 months ago
Music! Bloody Music!!
AAHKLEE 3 months ago
@AAHKLEE Hey you scared me. There is no topgun music on this video!
krbosak 3 months ago
That's lots of kerosene !!
diegomayan 3 months ago
It reminds me of Thunderbirds.
JasonJason210 3 months ago
wooo wooow and woooow
class37100 3 months ago in playlist class37100's favourites
Thanks for sharing...
69BETSY69 3 months ago
eny 1 notice the blades arnt spinning O_o
tylerboyd11 3 months ago
@tylerboyd11 Thats not the fan blades, those are stators.
flyinDPOD 3 months ago
@tylerboyd11 @flyinDPOD They're the IGV or Inlet Guide Vanes. Fitted to many older RR jet engines. The rotating fan disc is behind those :-)
ckyliu 2 months ago
those engines smell
62del 3 months ago
Those bitches used to wake me up at quarter to ridicules in the morning when I was stationed at Brize!
Sarge084 3 months ago
better then sex !!!!!!!!!!
luckymisselala 4 months ago
@MrCagivaman ~ Since you have time in the VC10 I wonder if you could answer another question? The VID (VC-10 flightdeck: full approach & landing" by "Christian 1213") shows the forward instrument panel on the "10" and it's quite different from the 4 engine A/C I've logged time on. Normally there is a 4X4 display for the four engines, EPR, EPR2 (or N1/N2), FF and EGT, but I noticed that's not the case with the VC-10 in this VID? Could you provide any comment on that observation, please?
MrRonnieG 4 months ago
@MrCagivaman ~ No Convair time although I certainly watched my share of them landing & taking off @ LAX in the very early years of the 1970's decade. I tried (by best) to fly the Concorde in the 70's (out of NYC) but the operators of the Concorde wouldn't extend standard interline discounts on their supersonic bird. Now days I spend my spare time flying the B737-800 using my Microsoft Flight Sim X. If a flt attendant ever comes out asking if "anyone can fly a 747?"
I'm your man! :)
MrRonnieG 4 months ago
@MrCagivaman ~ I worked for a total of 5 airlines (JAL, Aero America, Swift, Comair & PSA between 1970 and 1995 and logged a total of 1,814,00 nautical miles to all 50 US states 34 countries. With JAL I was limited to the DC8F and B747 although I have 414,000 miles in B747 cockpit jumpseats and another 128,000 in DC8F cockpit jumpseats. I also have extensive time in the B707, B727, B737, B757, B767, DC9, DC10, L1011, Trident III, F27, Nord 262, DH114, Shorts 330, 360, and 24 other type A/C.
MrRonnieG 4 months ago
@MrCagivaman ~ Thank you! I worked at LAX (for JAL) during the entire decade of the 70's and the VC10 may well have been my favorite aircraft with BOAC operating the "10" into Los Angeles, at that time. A bit of disappointment though ~ with more than one million nautical miles flown, I never had the opportunity to fly on the VC10 or the Concorde.
MrRonnieG 4 months ago
@MrRonnieG You are most welcome. Thanks for the JAL info and you have certainly clocked up the miles !!!! Shame about the 10 and Concorde but you must have been in some classics ??? B707, DC8, maybe even a Convair 880 although I do not know if JAL operated them ?????
MrCagivaman 4 months ago
fantastic
class37100 4 months ago
i want one
kingdong001 4 months ago
Goodbye History Channel
transonicbuoy1 4 months ago
I wish my wife was as pretty as a VC10.
TheophilusPWildbeest 4 months ago
Beauty.
MartinHDJ 4 months ago
Like for the sign getting ripped off on takeoff !
mrlittleluke123 4 months ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but it appears that only the outboard engines are equipped with reverse thrust capability. Is that a good observation or am I just completely, totally and thoroughly wrong? :)
MrRonnieG 4 months ago
@MrRonnieG Yes, you have spotted that correctly. The standard VC10 had only 2 reversers but the Super had 4. The RAF version was a Hybrid in that it had fuel in the Fin, Super wings with the Super Chord Line Extension, an additional wing fence and Super Engines and Landing Gear, but still only the 2 Reversers. It was deemed un-necessary in 1964 and they seemed to have coped quite well. When I flew with them to most of our overseas bases, we always seemed to stop with out any bother !!!!!
MrCagivaman 4 months ago
When you listen to the spotters, they all love the smells, the noise, the looks. Why, then, dont they get a job on the things. I could do with a hand unblocking the bunged up toilet on the 737-800 currently in the hangar. So if you are a spotter in need of employment, get your mask and gloves on and call me in Hangar 10 Schipol Airport, Amsterdam. Thanks.
MrCagivaman 4 months ago
@MrCagivaman Bitter - so bitter! lol
Factnotfictionpeople 4 months ago
WHAT a FUEL PIG and that fucking SMOG from that BIG CLUMP!!!
vorevox 4 months ago
@vorevox You are in a minority here so FUCK OFF !!!!
MrCagivaman 4 months ago
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@MrCagivaman ..So you are racist then!!!
vorevox 4 months ago
Such an elegant Lady!
coolspindrift 4 months ago
Fantastic plane and fantastic footage! I flew many times between US and UK in BOAC Super VC 10s, and it is still my favourite airliner. At the same time I also flew in plenty of Boeing 707s and DC 8s, they were no match.
CaptBubble 4 months ago
EPIC VID MATE
dnhug 4 months ago
last airshow at biggin hill :(
Paddyo11 4 months ago
::cough:: ::cough:: too much smoke.
itsmegp46 5 months ago
Proud to have worked on them back in the late 70s! Still work very close to BZN so see them most days.
skipy936 5 months ago
Great Vid thanks!
hobbesyhobbit 5 months ago
Now the fastest airliner in the world and queen of the skies!!
hobbesyhobbit 5 months ago
I've no idea what it was doing here, but a year or two ago I heard a distinctive roar, & looked up to see that distinctive whale tail & cluster of engines departing from Pierre Trudeau International here in Montreal.
Still an incredibly elegant aircraft, a true classic. I hope the RAF can keep flying them for many more years to come!
MrNorthernRed 5 months ago
One of these flew over bristol airport a few days ago and god it was loud.
Chipmunk5891 5 months ago
A great video Viddy. These magnificent aeroplanes are still a common sight at RAF Brize Norton. It's a pity the VC10's replacement will have quiet and smoke-free engines!
ecclesbun 5 months ago
The VC-10 was a great aircraft - importantly with lots and lots of development potential. According to the Putnam book on 'Vickers' there was a VC-11 and a VC-12 on the drawing board. There was ample room at the rear to fit LARGE engines - the design could probably have accommodated a pair of RB211 turbofans.
So... what happened? The British aviation industry was obliged by the government to 'rationalise' & all effort was channelled in Concorde instead. The VC-10 could be said to be a casualty.
SAHBfan 5 months ago
i was lucky enough to have one fly straight over me at quite low altitude the other day, it seemed to by doing a circuit of LBA. but the sound was stunning. this is probably my favorite plane. its such a shame it is being scrapped because they are truly the best British aircraft ever made imo.
CODxKILLA 5 months ago
Great footage; but there is always some twit who blocks your view at the crucial moment!
awlcvl 5 months ago
lol the banner came off
danoob2110 5 months ago
Oooooh Noooo the history channel banner! :)
brent07 5 months ago 2
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IL-62M would be a good replacement.
canamwing 6 months ago
Hi, Fantastic!!!! DID YOU PUNCH THE **^$!! who walked in to the picture!! I would have.
librero46 6 months ago
extreme landing
Alex2gamezZ 6 months ago
I think the VC-10 is one of the only fully-British aeroplanes left in our inventory, right? That's pretty sad...
TheArmchairSoldier 6 months ago
VC10 and Super VC10, the most beautiful airliner of all time.
pec104 6 months ago
Ah...the VC-10. Remember her well. She was always taking Mick....in the wrong direction. :-)
blondwiththewind 6 months ago
The Poms are very good at making ugly aircraft aren't they !
Dutchy1965 6 months ago
@Dutchy1965 And the Australians are good at making NO aircraft. :)
2491cc 5 months ago
@2491cc ...yes totally agree mate
Dutchy1965 5 months ago
@2491cc Australia did design and make the nomad in the 1970's but due to a serious structural problem they were all eventually scrapped. Some given to Indonesia but all now gone.
binaway 2 months ago
That's the way to do it! SOD the ozone layer . . .
bebajoro77 6 months ago
WTF POLLUTION
2 stroke engine??? haha LOL
thiagotecnico 6 months ago
One Beautiful machine.
AVMamfortas 6 months ago
This is just what we need to deliver £100million bombs on enemies of freedom. Yey Team America and Little Britain. We will show those uncivilized brown people how to become obedient consumers. Bomb the shit out of them! Our tax money has to get spent on something....right??
HumanSayNo 6 months ago
@HumanSayNo thats a refueling and transport aircraft
TheF16luva 6 months ago
@TheF16luva - My bad....
HumanSayNo 6 months ago
I'd eat my left leg and my own testicles for a right in one of them.
bmused55 7 months ago
Love it....i remember when i was 4 growing up with these at RAF St Athan. used to love going to see them in the hangar. I have live behind the wire with the RAF since brith (18 years) and i've loved every minute!
pyro999maniac 7 months ago
What a stylish and classy-looking aircraft. This and the Vulcan are the two aircraft I remember from my first-ever air day. Thanks for posting.
3:00 coff coff splutter smile
sardanaphalus 7 months ago
iwas at biggin when she was displaying,, what a noisey but lovely old bird
lonelywolf1966 8 months ago
I'll be flying a VC10Soon I hope
thecrazyowl1 8 months ago
shit landing
8219366 8 months ago
Great vid plz sub me.
CrazyMelaizi 8 months ago
Hush Power.
und13s 8 months ago
AWESOME!!!!
punchoo 9 months ago
Amazing show!!!!Amazing video!!!Thanks
Starlight091970 9 months ago
Simply brilliant. Thanks
Altenholz 9 months ago
@cadence33333 ive never actually seen a vc-10 take-off in real life, only on youtube. it's ashame that raf vc-10's don't do more airshows because i'd love to see one at the southend airshow :-)
xxxdarkheartedboixxx 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Another try to say 'fuck off' to H.C ?
bombcat91 10 months ago
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bombcat91 10 months ago
The trees behind the runway were probably not too happy.
yTubeBlowsBigBalls 10 months ago
Glorious.
What a great vid...*sighs*
Thank you for uploading.
**favorited**
LIGHTSVALE 10 months ago
THATS a vc10 dad WAKE UP DAD thats a VC10 at least your kiddie knows @4.36 wake up dad thats a VC10
d4mcm 10 months ago
Damn what a beautiful sound. Probably the loudest commercial jet ever. I think the Tu-154m and DC-10 have a better spool-up sound, but this thing sure is awesome.
zenmachinefilms 10 months ago
@zenmachinefilms nope the loudest is the bac 111 :)
xxxdarkheartedboixxx 10 months ago
Flew from South Africa in a BOAC Super VC10 in 1971. Before air hijackings. Cockpit door open all the way,could see all the action up front. They were ruined as an international air liner, by, was it Ralph Nader?, in USA in a campaign against aircraft noise.They were no noisier than Boing or Douglas,but as they had such a distingtive silouette (and they were foreign) they got all the blame & had huge restrictions on them flying into US airports, so overseas airlines didnt buy them. Such a shame
maxpatterson25 10 months ago
@maxpatterson25 same here only in dec 73 from kenya via south africa .
westersprings 10 months ago
Ah, yes, that cancer causing stench of jet exhaust! LOL.
jakfuki 11 months ago
wow awesome sadly no more days like this at biggin on the bump
damop2006 11 months ago
Sounds like a jet fighter!
FrontSideBus 11 months ago
great video,i love those old aircraft.great sound!
TailsProduktions 11 months ago
no turbo fans here!!! Enjoyed that..thanks for that footage.
ellomot0 1 year ago
@ellomot0 The Conway was a Turbofan, in fact it was actually the first!
EIDWgsmith 11 months ago
A unique sound ! Love it ...
Tazeruk 1 year ago
LISTEN TO THAT BEAST.
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Long Live The RAF & The VC10!
...what i wouldn't give to fly one of them... :/
jthqrules 1 year ago
Imagine turning up for a date in that?
mcwolfus 1 year ago
Absolutely gorgeous.
What a shame we're so strangled by the fukking fukking fukking EU and States. What morons have run our nation for so long now. Heartbreaking. Just look at her. And listen...
rotator1471 1 year ago
@rotator1471
As if! Empire building never was you Brits long suit! A great democratic power reduced to a sitcom of the House of Commons "Ask The Prim minister", showing on C-SPAN at 1:30 am (check your daily schedule)...Just sad...
deetjay1 1 year ago
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rotator1471 1 year ago
ahhh...the joy of Conways........
digireedoo 1 year ago
I wish they would they would keep at least one VC-10,Concorde, and Nimrod MRA4 for flying display like the XH-558 Vulcan. Favorite British Aircraft.
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago 13
@BBQFanNo1 If I win the Euro Millions, I'll do it.
MartinHDJ 4 months ago
VC10, what's there to say,
WHAT A LEGEND!
You just know, when one of them fly's over, ( 3:35 ) and your against the RAF in a war, your bugged!
minitrundle 1 year ago
@minitrundle i Concur! :P WOOOO Go the RAF XD
jthqrules 1 year ago
To this day, she stirs my emotions like no other..
Just can't believe that we, as a nation, can't get our act together and reclaim the advances in technology and aviation that were ours... And squandered by the Bowler Hats..
What does anyone reckon a VC10 would have looked like if the Nimrod MRA4 Budget was spent on it??, Kick Ass i'd say!!
strontiumdog19 1 year ago
You LUCKY people!! I have been campaigning for years to get a flying VC10 display at RAF Leuchars, but no - if one is there it is only on static display. :( I don't think it will ever happen and I will NEVER get to see one of these beauties in person. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing it with us.
NattieChristopher 1 year ago
Who cares if your exhausts are smoky and your engines noisy??. You show 'em that no aircraft EVER will replace you.
Not Airbus, Not Boeing - not anything outside the UK - You are BRITISH.
Watching her fly makes me proud, nothng else does these days..
strontiumdog19 1 year ago 23
@strontiumdog19 Said it in a nutshell - welldone!
jackdavidharris 1 year ago
@strontiumdog19 - Agree with you mate. The VC10 was a stunning aircraft. I flew on one when I was a kid back in the late 60's.
bkey88 7 months ago
@strontiumdog19
This baby took me for my first tour in Belize in 1984. Butcher Radar there used to mark all the landings, magic or cr**
Then watched them take off and land for four years at Brize Norton. A true Bristish Classic, shame we don't make classics anymore!!
TSR2 to the air please!
What an airshow, Vulcan, Lightning, VC 10, Nimrod and of course the TSR 2.
peterpaul028 7 months ago
@strontiumdog19 You do realise a substantial part of Airbus is British?
The wings for Airbus aircraft are designed and built in Britain, as are the Rolls Royce engines that many of them use...
wahaya2 5 months ago
@strontiumdog19 Oh get over yourself
matthmatthmatth 4 months ago
"Beautiful smell"??
Never been inside a coffee shop I guess, a Dutch coffee shop that is..
vadertjetijd 1 year ago