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  • Love it. Been on the one for Air Malawi back in the day and it was awesome

  • LIKE A UGLY OLD STINKY SMELLING STREET BITCH!!!

    BUT WHAT AN AWESOME SOUND!!!

  • what a pro video

  • What came first the VC-10 or the Il-62?

  • @evilhendrix2 Russians always copy British aircraft, so the Vickers VC-10 is probably the first.

  • @AirCanada04

    Lol, it wasnt a copy. you shouldnt assume that, look at the front window design, look at the way the plane is tilted, listen to the sound. Is it the same? no.

    Sure, it was SIMILAR, but not a copy. The fact that the plane had 4 engines at the back does not make it a copy at all. The il-62's wing set up was completely different. In fact, opposite to this planes.

    It's not a copy.

  • @RainfulPhenix The revolutionary thought of 4 engines in the back was dreamt up by the British, once the Russians saw that, they wanted to make a same kind of plane. Look at the Concorde. The British had an amazing idea for a supersonic jet, very soon, Russia build an identical jet. They take the ideas of British Engineers, and they just build off of them, putting little changes to make it unique to Russia, but the airfoil, wings, maybe even engines, tail, are the same.

  • @AirCanada04

    The tu144 ,again, is not a copy of the concorde. Tupolev 144, was in fact, a copy of its own, the T4 bomber, having the same nose and engine design. It looked more like a passenger version of the T4 bomber than the concorde. I would say the only copy was the 4 engine placement at the back. However, the wing design, the fuselauge and other parts were completely different. The cockpit and gear design would be different. The VC 10 may have inspired them, but they didnt copy.

  • What a beauty!

  • Brilliant. I used to travel on those as a kid to Africa. Can you tell me what camera you had for that shoot. Im having problems trying to use h.d. Cheers.

  • No doubt about it vrf802!

  • My late dad worked for Varig Airlines in NYC. I used to watch the beautiful VC-10's of B.O.A.C. in the 60's. To me the most beatiful design in airliner history!

  • @MrJheberle That is a beautifully designed aircraft.

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  • @MrJheberle Yes I agree. A beautiful looking aircraft out of its time - and still the best, even by today's standards. My dad used to work on the "Super VC10s" at Heathrow (Internal Block A) and he used to take me around to look at them in the hangar. WOW. Years later (1971) I bought one, but I had to put it together myself - Vickers stopped making them, but "Airfix" still continued.

  • "Light", indeed; not a soul on board, save for the crew.

  • God damn, he must have been light! He barely used up the runway!

  • ¡yes! the noise of the VC-10, I´m hearing that noise yet, and it were the last sixting when those planes came to the Rodeos. Good Video.

  • Damn I just love aviation!

  • Still one of the most beautifully elegant designs I have seen. :) Nice video.

  • EGCC 23L?

  • is it me or is the #1 engine and the #4 engine stoped??

  • @chasedrgc1223 nah, i'd say it's the fans rotating really fast!

  • @chasedrgc1223 Those things you see aren't actually fan blades but rather the inlet guide vanes, which don't move. For some reason the outboards are more visible here; all four engines have these vanes.

  • Really cool dude. THanks for sharing!

  • another of my taxi's in my RAF days..... Gan-Sin on this one about 5-6 times, lol

  • Nice video! What equipment do you use, including edit program? Thanks you for sharing.

  • The liftoff confirms my suspicions. No exhaust smoke, no passengers, not even a shadow on the ground. This vid was animation. FAKE!!

  • @itsmegp46 uh not all jet engines produce smoke and thats a Airforce aircraft so it isnt gona be carrying passengers

  • @TheNayNayRemix I've been around long enough, when these aircraft were new, flown several hundred times all over the world. All commercial jets back then had a dark sooty exhaust. It wasn't until pollution mandates came about that the smoke trail was eliminated.

  • @itsmegp46 Perhaps the engines were updated over time? The worst I've seen is the b52 and p3 orion.

  • @Sterlingjob I know the 707's were. Once fan jets were installed, the 707 became a true intercontinental airliner.

  • 707, kiss my arse!

  • @alexgets98 you mean the Boeing 707, of which 1,010 were built? While this jet, only 54 were built, nearly all but a small number have been scrapped?

  • @itsmegp46 much better and beautiful. also more popular with passengers because of noise in the cabin.

  • @alexgets98 Only in your imagination. If you bothered to do any research, even GB's airline, BOAC did not like the plane.

  • @itsmegp46 VC10 was 2nd after concorde for the fastest commercial aircraft. The VC10 could fly direct from east african to london while the 707 had to tech stop because the engines weren't powerful enough in hot regions and it couldn't take enough fuel.

  • @Sterlingjob Be that as it may. Only 54 were built, while 1,010 707s were. 

  • @itsmegp46 So by your philosophy that makes the 707 a better plane? Haven't you though about the fact that Boeing had a much higher manufacturing capacity than Vickers and also the fact that Vickers advertising campaign for the VC-10 left a lot to be desired? The reason BOAC weren't happy with the VC-10 is because it wasn't really suited to their routes. Other airlines were more than happy with it

  • @aspiringdrummer17 Bigger capacity has to do with consumer demand. If you can't supply it we can't fly it. Get it? It was all up to Vickers to advertise their plane, not Boeing's. If the VC-10 wasn't suited to BOAC's routes, then Vickers shoulder have designed a plane to suit their largest potential customer. Finally, there couldn't have been that many customers, only 54 planes were build over an 8 year period.

  • @itsmegp46 You seem to be rather passionate in your defence of the 707. It makes me wonder why you even bothered to watch this video in the first place, especially with your first comment claiming this video to be fake. You do realise how ridiculous you sound right? Not all turbojets emitted smoke. That depended on weather conditions. However you can clearly see the hot gases be emitted by the engines as well as a shadow directly underneath the aircraft.

  • @itsmegp46 And as for there being no passengers....well, you tell me the last time you saw a tanker aircraft carrying passengers

  • @itsmegp46 well that's their fault. many african airlines chose this over the 707

  • holy shit i want to fly in that thing instead of any A380 or boeing crap modern shit ,anytime

  • @Axxisization Why? This representation of the VC-10, would be between 40 and 50 years old?

  • THE BEST AIRLINER IN THE WHOLE WORLD !!!

  • 1.03...Todays Airbus and Boeing makers take note, that's what it's meant to sound like.

  • beautiful aeroplane, too bad, camcorder microphones can not handle this...

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  • I served on 10 Squadron RAF for 7 years(1985-1989/1993-1996) as cabin crew. I loved the airplane. The power on take off was awesome.I loved the sound on take off and landing. The sound will soon be a thing of the past.

  • did anyone notice that there where no passengers

  • @Vidposter1000

    That is because it is a tanker.

  • Great video of a great plane.

  • OH MY GOD !! THAT SHAPE .... The good old days B.O.A.C. B.U.A. Ghana Airways.

  • Beautiful plane.

    

  • You know, I see those quite alot in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the International airport but I always thought those were like the Russian built aircraft by seeing the dual engine mounts on either side. Like a Illyshin or something along like that variation of the Russian aircraft. (I apologize for the mispelling)

  • @jarhead565 there aren't that many VC10s around, but there are still a great many IL62s (the Russian lookalike). I actually suspect you have seen the IL62 in Minneapolis. If one only superficially looks at these aircraft they are easy to mix up. They are the only ones with 4 engines in that config.

  • @trident3b Superficial is right, at first glace they look similar but most Soviet aircraft were not copies of western aircraft except for the licensed copies they made of the DC-3 and the unlicensed copies they made of a B-29.

  • @jarhead565 Their is no VC-10's Operating in the United States, I have no clue what you have been seeing?!

  • @Helicopterpilot16 Yeah, I have no idea what I was seeing either.

  • @jarhead565 USSR likes to copy western aircraft eg the other illyshin - the 727 looking one.

  • Great video... shame this particular VC10 will be retired along with another (XV102) in a matter of days.

    XV107 is a very good VC10 too.

  • holy shit, just jizzed

  • I was fortunate enough to have travelled on the Super VC10 in 1976 when they were transferred to British Airtours. Toronto, Mirabel,Prestwick,Manchester. & return.

    extra landing & takeoff at Prestwick as Manchester was fogged in & had to turn back to Prestwick.. on the first take off from Prestwick I made a marker of when lift off was, 2nd take off pilot must have been peeved as he done it in 3/4 of the runway of the first takeoff. Beautiful aircraft, lots power & quiet in cabin...

  • Outstanding

  • wtf????????? its like an md80 and an md80 had sex and this popped out!!!!

  • GRAT PLANE LOVE THE SOUND , LOST AN EAR DRUM .

  • VCtenderness!

  • As a boy I flew many times between USA and UK on Boeing 707s and DC 8s. Then came my first flight on a BOAC Super VC 10. From the airport window it looked like Sci-fi, just BEAUTIFUL. Then we got in and it was so much nicer than what we were used to. Then we accelerated and took off and we were amazed. This was like going from a School Bus (707 and DC 8) to a Ferrari. VC 10s were the best airliners of the time, and are still my favourite.

  • Soviets made a copy of this plane (VC-10) , and they called it Ilyushin IL-62. Like most of the things that has been made in Soviet Union (maybe except vodka and moonshine) , IL-62 was just quite impressive looking piece of junk that caused so many life loses.

  • How many windows does it need! Damn!

  • THE OLD VC10.

    PEACE

  • I think I flew in one of these about 7 years ago with the army, anyone know if the seats in main isle in these are facing the opposite way?

  • @Uberdude25 Yes the seats face backwards.

  • At around 1.00 you can see the chap in the left hand seat lean sharply forward. I wonder if he is PF, and wanging the throttles fully forward to their stops, as there is no "staged spool-up" of the engines.

    Amazing stuff. Thanks for sharing. This is a scene that won't be around for long. Enjoy the funbus whilst it's still here!

  • shit. i remember biggin hill few years back the vc 10 came in at the airshow,

    it makes you deaf without thinking about it.

  • nice footage.

  • i dont understand why they let this plane still fly they stop concorde because of the two engines one next to the other one both sides. it is so beutiful but ...

  • @USERSPIKECYP That's not why they "stopped" Concorde, it simply wasn't economical in the long term to run it any more (and I'm sure that in their heart of hearts, even those who claim BA would have been able to run it for a few more years know it would have been no more than a few...)

  • @turricaned you are right:) thnx. now they are making new plans for new generations of planes like concorde?

  • this was a fantastic jet airliner, i am glad to see the RAF still using the old bird

  • DC-10 or a VC-10 both ROCKET out!!!

  • Fantastic video and noise from fantastic airplane. See I the IL-62? :-D :-))

  • That Plane Kinda Looks Old & It Looks Like A North Korean IL-62m

  • @FilRuss101 You mean the Russian IL-62M, North Korea just flies them. Yes the two planes do look extremely similar and yes it is old

  • Damn thats a beautiful bird!!

  • Are VC-10's not allowed at Manchester? Due to noise restrictions?

  • This thing at least know how to climb. When you look at an Ilyushin IL-62... That ship almost can't get off the ground it seems...

  • @ATLRCFlyer IL-62s can climb quickly but pilots generally adopt a shallow angle so as to minimise turbulence from the wings which are over 3000 sq ft area and relatively larger than those on the VC-10. The power to weight ratio of the 62 is actually very good.

  • @av21031 Oh ok. I saw one video where the 62 just had troubles. But I also have no idea about the circumstances. Might be a crazy high density altitude at that airport that cut the performance short... I think those four tail mounted engines are quite impressive, if they weren't so loud...

  • Are you the person who created the a340 addon for fs9/fsx?

  • Omg did it just take off with no passingers aboard??? look at 0:55

  • @sam9524 I guess this is military , not comercial!

  • @Kira200905 why would a military passingers aircraft take off with no one aboard?

  • @sam9524 Flying to base maybe lol

  • WHICH AIRPORT IS THAT?

  • @sam9524 Its Manchester

  • Very nice, Simon!

  • I usually dont like the engines mounted on the back but that is beautiful

  • YEEHAW!!!!

  • gas guzzler

  • This is awesome i have never seen one before

  • Amazing Video, great to see a classic and hear those engines!

  • I think I had an eargasm.

  • @FlightSimulatorXATC Yes, me too

  • Smoke and noise = perfect !!!

  • If not for all the political messing around which commercially strangled it, who knows what this classic would've achieved :( I was priviledged to stand on the beach at St Andrews a year or two back as one of these took off just across the water. Thrilling!! Same goes for your video, sir. Straight to "favourites".

  • wwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

  • i pooped

  • ORGASM

  • If you don't like that, you're just not an aviator.

  • Beautiful.

  • wow just wow....

  • love that noise

  • This is a cartoon.

  • I worked at LAX (for JAL) from 1971 until 1980 and the VC-10 was, perhaps, my favorite plane. I would often take a company pickup (authorized within the A/P) and drive down the service road next to 24L (the normal departure runway for int'l flights at that time) and stand next to the truck to watch the VC-10's takeoff. The motors had a unique sound ~ they seemed to crackle rather than roar at takeoff thrust.

  • That gave me an erection.

  • Turbojets FTW!!!!

  • one of the best looking aircraft ever built

  • hi, why it looks like Il 62? but it is much shrter? who was this idea originally?

  • il 62?

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  • even though they are quite old, they keep them in awesome condition ! . A very elegant aircraft

  • @manbal100 You can clearly see it is not a normal climbing rate.

  • Woooow, what a greaaat climbing rate!

  • The '10s never flew with QANTAS, and they had the worlds 1st turbofans (or by-pass jets as they were called in the 50s). I still see VC10s every day and have been fortunate enough to fly on them several times in the last few years. They are still awesome, swift and elegant. Quiet inside and deafening outside! Great piece of engineering, with those flaps and slats getting them off the grounds quicker than a B707. Enjoy them while you can - they only have a couple of years left

  • Incredible quality.

    gotta love the snap, crackle, pop.

  • How elegant do those flaps look? (and no not being dirty!)

  • @DavidMcMahon1 I think they look just amazing full stop. :-)

  • Wow it looks like a IL-62

  • Orgasmic noise!!!!!!!!

  • Sex? I want to have some VC10 with my girl ;)

  • In terms of fuel consumption. How would the aircraft in the video compare to the new dreamliner.?

  • I remember seeing these wonderful aircraft back in the 1960s at JFK. I believe it was BOAC and QANTAS.

  • absolutely beautiful bird, but THIS noise, THIS pollution. this tecnique is gone.

  • orgasm

  • Whoa! I had to watch it twice as the HD filming made it look like Flight Sim! Great stuff!

  • does it only start with two engines?

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  • That was a joygasm!!

  • heres your complimentary ear plugs

  • Looks like an IL62

  • OMG thats so beautiful ilove that plane

  • xv107 was my private taxi in the 70's went all over the place on it. still love it xx

  • Turbojets ? 1st Gen Turbofan R-R Conway

  • OMG!!! What an amazing sound!!!

  • Sweet as!  Blast from the past.

  • Wow, that is way better than sex. Turbojets! Turbojets! Turbojets!

  • @VIR092 believe it or not theyre turbofans because thos e are Rolls-Royce Conways the same engines that are used on 707s

  • @ghettoperson257 Whoops, yes they are, but very low bypass turbofans.

  • @VIR092 yeah not much air bypass the combustion chamber thats why it gives the turbojet sound because its more than 15% air going into the chamber

  • @VIR092 Those seriously turbojets? How old is this bird?

  • @creitz91 Nah, they have a small bypass ratio, low-BPR turbofans actually.

  • @VIR092 no nothin is better then sex

  • @VIR092 Learn to fuck then.

  • @VIR092 Technically, turbofans turbofans, turbofans! ;-)

  • @ataramprat Yeah, I know, dumb mistake.... : )

  • Beautiful plane, like the Tu-154.

    VC-10 and TU-154 , best of British and Russian aviation.

    Thanks for the video.

  • Unbelievable quality of video.

    **favorited & subscibed**

    Thank you for uploading.

  • wow sick sound best two planes made in the late 70 to 80 is the 727 and thee vc-10

  • QUEEN OF THE SKIES

  • y is it even here?

  • Hmmm... it's right gear went in first...probably it 's left main gear part is weaker

  • Awesome aircraft, and video. How did you ever get so close!

    It's definitely loud. Louder than the Tu-154m or DC-10 as far as commercial aircrafts go, though those had a sweeter spoolup, maybe.

  • What a sound.

  • Fantastic picture quality

  • Not as nice as the C130 Em's :)

  • Not as nice as the C130 Em's :)

  • Thats a stunning looking aircraft

  • MD-80...times 2....AWESOME! and was that a short take off or was it normal..?

    Anyhow, great job!

  • IL 62 is a bullshit  regarding this nice VC10

  • i love the vids simon and applaude your photography , but as far as my aviation knolege goes , that vickers is one of the most dangerous planes to ever grace the skys....