RAF 101 SQN. VICKERS VC-10, BRIZE NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE 2007
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Available: NOV 2009
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Historical Note: With the retirement of the British Airways Super VC10 fleet, the RAF obtained 14 ex-British Airways machines, for use as spares hulks and for possible future conversions. The VC10 tankers were in fact so useful that the RAF decided to obtain more of them, awarding contracts in 1990 to Flight Refueling to update all 13 surviving VC10 C.1 transports to “VC10 C.1K/Type 1180” transport-tanker configuration, and to BAE to update five of the spares Super VC10s to “VC10 K.4/Type 1170” standard. The VC10 C.1K conversions were relatively minimal, being fitted with Flight Refuelling Mark 32 HDUs (Hose Drogue Units) and appropriate control systems, but no centreline HDU and no fuselage fuel tanks, enabling the aircraft to retain their full transport capability. Initial flight of the first VC10 C.1K was on 11 June 1992 and the survivors of the fleet still serve today with No. 101 Squadron at RAF Brize Norton, Oxon.
Info: VC-10C 1K 101 Sqn RAF Brize Norton Oxfordshire 2007
Scale: 1:144
Wingspan: 12.25 inches
Length: 14.25 inches
Item Number: AA37005 Price: $99.95