Designed for 'hot and high' conditions across BOAC's 'Empire routes' with high lift wings and an efficient rear engine design. The iconic rear-mounted quad-jet layout created a smoother, quieter ride, ...

A campaign has begun to "urgently relocate" a historic passenger plane over fears it could be scrapped. Enthusiasts said a VC10 at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, should be moved after the museum ...

SIR - Without wishing in any way to undermine your recent correspondents' pride in their respective families operating the same type of aircraft across two generations, we in the RAF have had an ...

First into the world with commercial jets (the Comets) and turboprops (the Viscounts), Britain’s planemakers have been trailing their wings through a combination of ill luck, much-publicized crashes ...

At 5.25pm, on Friday, 29 June, the first Vickers VC10, G-ARTA, took off from Weybridge on a "completely successful" maiden flight in the hands of Mr G. R. Bryce, chief test pilot of British Aircraft ...

Since he took over as head of Brit ain’s ailing BOAC in early 1964, Sir Giles Guthrie, 51, has worked a minor miracle. Unfazed by the state-owned airline’s $224 million accumulated def icit, brought ...

THE pace of life certainly quickened during the swinging sixties and Rochdale's mayor was determined not to miss the trip. Alderman George Crabtree had a taste of life in the fast lane - and his feet ...

Enthusiasts said a VC10 at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, should be moved after the museum where it is based closed. The VC10 Rescue and Relocation Project said it was the last running aircraft ...

A campaign has begun to "urgently relocate" a historic passenger plane over fears it could be scrapped. Enthusiasts said a VC10 at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, should be moved after the museum ...

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