I not only grew up in this era, but flew on the VC10 many times - indeed, my father was a Senior captain with BOAC and the VC10 was his command for the last seven years of his service with BOAC. What was it like ... ? In all honesty, it was wonderful. The only other type BOAC operated then was the 707, and after a flight on the VC10, no-one wanted to fly the 707. The VC10 was not only far quieter, it was more comfortable and seemed far more modern. If BOAC had two trans-Atlantic flights scheduled within a couple of hours of each other, passengers would often delay their departures to switch to the later VC10 flight, if there were empty seats. Flying in those days - especially internationally - was a far more exclusive (in the best sense of that word) experience then it is now. Yes, we got dressed up to fly - everyone did, back then - and perhaps this served to reinforce the idea that you were doing something special. But I saw parts of the world in the 1960s that most people only saw on TV or in films, and my sense of wonder was intense and never-ending. It was a special time.
Jade Lim My late father was a senor first officer on the BOAC VC10 during the same era as yours - they probably knew each other! You're right, passengers specifically booked tickets to fly on the VC10.
+Steven Watt Oh - I know! I remember one time we were flying from LHR to JFK in early 1965, when there were two departures, about an hour apart. The first was a 707, and an hour later was a VC10 flight. When Dad told us we were going on the earlier 707 departure, we were all disappointed. But as he explained, so many passengers had decided to delay their departure in order to fly on the VC10, that the aircraft was full; if we settled for the 707, we'd not only get a seat (we were SUBLO passengers, and travelling Space A), we'd be in First Class. So, we took the earlier 707 flight, and then stayed a night in New York. The next day, we were passengers on the first commercial Super VC10 service from JFK to SFO, and I was rewarded with a trip to the flight deck - for a nine-year old child, it was thrilling. I also received a 'First Flight' certificate, signed by Harry Nicholls, the Captain and a friend of my father, which still hangs on my wall at home. BOAC liked their 707s well enough, I guess, but they came to love the VC10.
As I had written elsewhere, I can subscribe to the old Empire route flights as my family and I used to fly the VC-10 from London to Khartoum around 1971-88. A wonderfully clean and quiet aircraft she was!
I flew on a VC10 as a kid several times in the early 70s. My Dad had flown on them previously and had made me quite excited about doing so. Miss them both. :)
As a 10 year old in 1969, I flew the VC-10 from JNB to LHR via NBO. On the 4 hour JNB/NBO flight, I 'feel in love' with my flight attendant. My little heart was broken when I discovered she disembarked at NBO for a crew change. Dang it, I should've got her number. 🤩😂
I was so proud to have actually made it into the RAF and qualified as an aircraft engineer. I had pictures of the VC10 all over my bedroom walls as a child and I got to work on them for 10 years. WHY they dont build airliners to this design now is beyond me! Todays aircraft the people behind the wings get the roar from the engines for HOURS! The mighty Queen of The Skies had CLEAN wings (no engine pods) which gave the best performance. Short field take offs were easy and high altitude runway take offs no problem due to those superb Conways They never lost ONE VC-10 (only one blown up by hijackers) safest aircraft there ever was! Such a dream to fly in. GREATLY MISSED😭
In early June 1967 my family managed to get out of Aman, Jordan just a couple of days before the outbreak of the Six Day War that broke out in the Middle East. We left early in the morning from Aman to London on a BOAC Vickers VC - 10. After we landed in London the flight attendant told my Mom that the Captain requested our presence in the cockpit. My Mom took my 5 year old self and my three year old sister bro the front of the plane and the Captain shook her hand and then let me and my sister look inside the cockpit for a couple of minutes. It was quite an amazing experience for a young boy. We left London a few days later bound for New York via TWA on the magnificent 707. Ahh the memories.🙂
Such a beautiful and elegant aircraft...in those days...even economy class passengers were treated like honoured guests....the whole flying experience was a lifetime experience and memory..those were indeed the golden years of travel and aviation... thanks for sharing. .!!
I can't get over how much I love and appreciate your channel. I'm only 20, but I can't stop watching these great pieces of history! Thanks again for helping preserve all of this, you're doing a great service
Hey Daniel, very nice of you to say, and you're welcome! I always appreciate when younger folks enjoy history like this. I was born in 1961, grew up on, and around these airplanes. It was really an exciting time for me, and will always love these aircraft.
My father was one of the Captains in the cockpit on this flight, Captain Stan Ward. Sadly no longer with us. I have many memories of flying as a child in this era, so different from todays experience.
I flew from Heathrow on a VC-10 to NYC. As an avid aviation fan at the time, I intentionally worked my flight schedule to fly on as many different aircraft as possible including Lockheed Electra, Douglas DC6, DC7 and DC8, Boeing 707 and 720, Vickers Viscount, Vanguard, DeHavilland Comet, Boeing 727 and 737, Hawker-Siddley Trident, Convair 880 and 990, SUD Caravelle and BAC 111. I always thought the VC10 was the queen of the skies in those days but it was a true example of government meddling in business decisions and poor or grossly deferred decisions killed the marketing and Vickers, DeHavilland and Bristol. A sad story for a great airplane.
I have always found the VC-10 an attractive aircraft and unique design . Thats why I built a model of it to add to my collection of the most important aircraft .
@@johnsmith-rs2vk Not sure what you mean . The DC-10 just looked strange . The L-1011 was a more attractive aircraft . The VC-10 just had great lines . Mind you ,i heard that access to those 4 engines was no fun . But a beautiful plane
I flew on the VC10 from Auckland to Melbourne on the first leg of its long multi-stop flight from Auckland to London. I still have the BOAC teaspoon I kept for a souvenir.
you preserve and bring out such gems of aviation history- and even from a film- history standpoint. Iwish your channel had a million followers! people don't know what they are missing. :(
I flew on the VC10 many times in the 70s courtesy of the RAF (thanks guys from this Squaddie) & luved from the first time. It is a beautiful looking aircraft & after Concorde was the fastest commercial passenger aircraft ever built, which was a surprise to me & after Concorde demise it then became the fastest as the RAF had it still in service. Amazing. It was comfortable to travel as well. I salute you VICKY 10!
@0:14,"It's a romantic place at any time! Holiday atmosphere, business journies, never a dull moment". LOL, imagine that same narrator saying the same thing about today's air travel. :P
I flew March 3rd 1970 on a VC10 to Joh/Burg stopping at Rome, Nairobi and landing at Jan Smuts at 21 it was an experience that I have never forgotten. BOAC at their finest and the plane was a dream.
I flew the VC10 to Tehran in the 70’s and they were brilliant. Quieter than a 707 and they seemed more comfortable. If I ever got a choice to go back to boarding school to the UK it was on a VC10!
My first jet powered flight in 1973 aged 9. A RAF VC10 from Brize Norten to Hong Kong's Kai Tak, via Cyprus and Gan. Absolutely loved that plane, especially that distinctive howl of the RR Conway engines on the approach. Our pilot nailed the checker board approach over Kowloon. After that several more times, but I'll always remember the first to HK. ❤
Hello Christian!....missed you! Flew the BOAC VC-10 as a pax from Nicosia Cyprus to London Heathrow , September 1973! It was a technical landing , plane coming from Lusaka ,... Africa, (refuelling) and my dad put me aboard , 3 o'clock in the morning....!!! I was on my way to Scotland , were I learned to be an aviator......
Really a nice aircraft however like the Trident it suffered from that British Aviation illness, Myopia. Only 54 were built because it was built for hot and high African airports, even shorter runways on the continent. The speed is cool, but the bump in speed never was a big seller. The downside is the fuel cost and terrific noise. Not only the design limited its use but that crazy multi departmental government monster that told the builders what they could build and the U.K. Airlines what they could buy.
You mention the terrific noise but don't say if you meant inside or outside the VC10. I had the pleasure of many flights in this very comfortable & quiet aircraft so I can only presume you mean the outside noise from its engines. Having flown in many passenger & non passenger Aircraft, including the Boeing 707 at the age of 7, right up to the Boeing 747-800, along with fast jets from a number of Armed Forces I think that qualify me in the bracket of knowing what I'm talking about. But thanks for the other info you've included. Have a nice day😊
I cannot bring myself to say enough good things about this remarkable aircraft: graceful, elegant, fast and comfortable. There was also something rather majestic about the VC10 during takeoffs and landings. Clearly ahead of its time, it remains one plane that is sorely missed.
Nice airplane! I was a flight engineer on Soviet Il-62 (62M). They are similar, but we have 5 crew members in the cockpit (minimum 4). It was a good time!
@@redblade8160 In normal operation usually didn’t. Flight-engineer sits in the middle, navigator - behind left side, radio-operator - behind right side. Often flew without radio-operator.
I flew on a VC 10 to London, from Buenos Aires in 1975 when I was 10 years old, but the airline was the former Britiish Caledonian! Greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 ♥
After flying Lockheed Constellations on the Lagos to London route from 1958, alone and aged 7, and also possibly the Bristol Britannia, the Vickers VC10 took over for the round trip 3 times a year, in the days of the BOAC Junior Jet Club. These journeys began in the days of Nissan huts as terminals at London well before the spanking new building featured in this video. Being taken into the Captain's cabin and seeing him walk casually around the aircraft was standard. Exhilarating especially as an impressionable small boy, and always well looked after by BOAC staff. I am wondering if some legs of the journey were not also made in the Comet? Possibly Triploi / Nice / Barcelona to London?
John Sullivan Americans were jealous of the Super VC10 in the same way they were jealous of Concorde. American people are like children that have never learned to grow up and if a civil aircraft (especially) is not an American product (even when it's better than what they have), then they don't want to know!
@@redblade8160 The mass population didn't give two hoots, they made 1970s domestic travel for ordinary citizens affordable & normal, way before budget airlines. They had a lot of terrible crashes too.
+Bo Danville (BountyHunter01) When I was little in the late 1960's my Dad would take us to Sea-Tac airport, we would park off the end of the runway and watch the planes come in to land or take off, depending on which way the wind was blowing. Those old 707's, 727's and DC-8's would just about shake the fillings out of your teeth.
A great aeroplane. I was a passenger on BOAC VC10s many times. Very quiet compared with other planes at the time, such as the Boeing. The VC10 was advertised as "VCtenderness for a good reason." I rarely fly anywhere now I'm retired. Flying is no longer a pleasure or adventure.
I would give anything travel-wise to get this type of flying and service back. I miss these days so much with the full service, hygiene and less crazy people on board.
That is phenomenal Aircraft,I am truly surprised we did not see that fellow in Latin American airspace more often. For what I can see it was made for the Airports of those times.
am1966ath Probably due to it being before high capacities on other airliners (Such as the 747) caused food to be needed to be prepared on the ground, as a result the food was fresher in those days, as the food was actually served fresh.
WASD Gaming UK Absolutely..and costs wasn t an issue...the BOAC catering department produced its own bread,bakery,cakes etc...and today most of the catering has been outsourced to someone else.
am1966ath Agreed, but at risk of contradicting myself, I dug out some old airfares, and even as late as the mid-80's, the long-haul economy fares were, in real inflationary terms, equivalent to today's business, so I suppose you can't have your cake and eat it.
Mick Jones Definitely not..also there was no real competition but a powerful oligopoly were flag carriers divided the routes in between them, less flights, more expensive flight and no Ryan air nor Emirates to compete..Europe was very expensive..people on a budget traveled by train...if you wanted to travel cheap you had to go on charter flights to southern Europe or big cities or buy an ticket in a bucket-shop on secondary carriers like Aeroflot,air india or PIA-pakistan..I did that way back in 1986...some 5 days to reach Tokyo from Copenhagen with PIA..stop in Frankfurt,Athens,Teheran.Karachi,Bangkok and Manila for 700US$..BA or Lufthans wanted over 1500US$ in those days..
Commenting on what was stated in Part 2 of Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies. The stewardesses commented that people preferred this aircraft over Boeing's 707, saying that the noise of landing in the latter aircraft was like a controlled crash. Then they commented at the hideous uniform they had to ware...
back in the day when Britain was still british and flying was still flying....todays generic looking tubes with giant coke cans on the wings just don't do it for me anymore...:(
As a child flying to and from Hong Kong to London my Dad specifically asked for the VC10 and most of my BOAC Junior Jet Club logs were in those planes. Yet another brilliant British product that was let down by the British Government(s) and the corruption of BOAC wanting to use Boeings
7’00”: “There are signs that in the sphere of air travel, matters are often multiracial as well as international.” Hmm, with its initial destination of apartheid Johannesburg? And “probably full of wonder, the inhabitants [of Lusaka] see the aircraft prepare for another stage of its journey” (6’05”); “[Y]et not many years ago, this place [Nairobi] was a wilderness . . . “ (7’30”). Interesting though.
I flew transatlantic on a VC10. Comfortable and much faster than any other transatlantic flight: 10% less fuel efficient but saved an hour NY-HTR (fuel became an issue from 1973). It was so popular that Boeing paid actors to spread rumours about it's safety record in US airport lounges despite its perfect flight safety record
Not hard to see why the VC10 was superior to the Boeing 707. Too bad it came on stream late in the game. By then, most airlines were fully committed to either the 707 or DC-8.
Excluding Concorde, and the Comet, British airlines aircraft were at least two years behind American designs. When they produced a good design they could not build it quick enough. TWA wanted to buy 40 Britannia aircraft, but would have to wait two years to get the first half a dozen. So said no.
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I not only grew up in this era, but flew on the VC10 many times - indeed, my father was a Senior captain with BOAC and the VC10 was his command for the last seven years of his service with BOAC.
What was it like ... ? In all honesty, it was wonderful. The only other type BOAC operated then was the 707, and after a flight on the VC10, no-one wanted to fly the 707. The VC10 was not only far quieter, it was more comfortable and seemed far more modern. If BOAC had two trans-Atlantic flights scheduled within a couple of hours of each other, passengers would often delay their departures to switch to the later VC10 flight, if there were empty seats.
Flying in those days - especially internationally - was a far more exclusive (in the best sense of that word) experience then it is now. Yes, we got dressed up to fly - everyone did, back then - and perhaps this served to reinforce the idea that you were doing something special.
But I saw parts of the world in the 1960s that most people only saw on TV or in films, and my sense of wonder was intense and never-ending.
It was a special time.
Jade Lim My late father was a senor first officer on the BOAC VC10 during the same era as yours - they probably knew each other! You're right, passengers specifically booked tickets to fly on the VC10.
Steven Watt
Thanks for these comments guys, I really enjoy reading this stuff!
+Steven Watt Oh - I know! I remember one time we were flying from LHR to JFK in early 1965, when there were two departures, about an hour apart.
The first was a 707, and an hour later was a VC10 flight. When Dad told us we were going on the earlier 707 departure, we were all disappointed.
But as he explained, so many passengers had decided to delay their departure in order to fly on the VC10, that the aircraft was full; if we settled for the 707, we'd not only get a seat (we were SUBLO passengers, and travelling Space A), we'd be in First Class.
So, we took the earlier 707 flight, and then stayed a night in New York. The next day, we were passengers on the first commercial Super VC10 service from JFK to SFO, and I was rewarded with a trip to the flight deck - for a nine-year old child, it was thrilling.
I also received a 'First Flight' certificate, signed by Harry Nicholls, the Captain and a friend of my father, which still hangs on my wall at home.
BOAC liked their 707s well enough, I guess, but they came to love the VC10.
I hope the British will rise again after the Boeing 737 desasters !
As I had written elsewhere, I can subscribe to the old Empire route flights as my family and I used to fly the VC-10 from London to Khartoum around 1971-88. A wonderfully clean and quiet aircraft she was!
The most beautiful plane ever built. I flew on it 6 times a year from1967 to 1977 for my school holidays in Freetown and Lusaka. Heaven!
I flew on a VC10 as a kid several times in the early 70s. My Dad had flown on them previously and had made me quite excited about doing so. Miss them both. :)
As a 10 year old in 1969, I flew the VC-10 from JNB to LHR via NBO. On the 4 hour JNB/NBO flight, I 'feel in love' with my flight attendant. My little heart was broken when I discovered she disembarked at NBO for a crew change. Dang it, I should've got her number. 🤩😂
I was so proud to have actually made it into the RAF and qualified as an aircraft engineer. I had pictures of the VC10 all over my bedroom walls as a child and I got to work on them for 10 years. WHY they dont build airliners to this design now is beyond me! Todays aircraft the people behind the wings get the roar from the engines for HOURS! The mighty Queen of The Skies had CLEAN wings (no engine pods) which gave the best performance. Short field take offs were easy and high altitude runway take offs no problem due to those superb Conways They never lost ONE VC-10 (only one blown up by hijackers) safest aircraft there ever was! Such a dream to fly in. GREATLY MISSED😭
Above all it's a classic design, with the engines at the back. Very Elegant looking plane 👍
My dad was a BOAC VC10 pilot but I didn’t spot him in this video. Gorgeous aircraft. Notice how well dressed (and behaved!) the passengers are.
What a beautiful aircraft, the BOAC livery especially around the nose made it look even sleeker
In early June 1967 my family managed to get out of Aman, Jordan just a couple of days before the outbreak of the Six Day War that broke out in the Middle East. We left early in the morning from Aman to London on a BOAC Vickers VC - 10. After we landed in London the flight attendant told my Mom that the Captain requested our presence in the cockpit. My Mom took my 5 year old self and my three year old sister bro the front of the plane and the Captain shook her hand and then let me and my sister look inside the cockpit for a couple of minutes. It was quite an amazing experience for a young boy. We left London a few days later bound for New York via TWA on the magnificent 707. Ahh the memories.🙂
Great experience Joe!
Such a beautiful and elegant aircraft...in those days...even economy class passengers were treated like honoured guests....the whole flying experience was a lifetime experience and memory..those were indeed the golden years of travel and aviation... thanks for sharing. .!!
I can't get over how much I love and appreciate your channel. I'm only 20, but I can't stop watching these great pieces of history! Thanks again for helping preserve all of this, you're doing a great service
Hey Daniel, very nice of you to say, and you're welcome! I always appreciate when younger folks enjoy history like this. I was born in 1961, grew up on, and around these airplanes. It was really an exciting time for me, and will always love these aircraft.
My father was one of the Captains in the cockpit on this flight, Captain Stan Ward. Sadly no longer with us. I have many memories of flying as a child in this era, so different from todays experience.
I flew from Heathrow on a VC-10 to NYC. As an avid aviation fan at the time, I intentionally worked my flight schedule to fly on as many different aircraft as possible including Lockheed Electra, Douglas DC6, DC7 and DC8, Boeing 707 and 720, Vickers Viscount, Vanguard, DeHavilland Comet, Boeing 727 and 737, Hawker-Siddley Trident, Convair 880 and 990, SUD Caravelle and BAC 111.
I always thought the VC10 was the queen of the skies in those days but it was a true example of government meddling in business decisions and poor or grossly deferred decisions killed the marketing and Vickers, DeHavilland and Bristol. A sad story for a great airplane.
I have always found the VC-10 an attractive aircraft and unique design . Thats why I built a model of it to add to my collection of the most important aircraft .
THEN CAME THE DC 10 !
@@johnsmith-rs2vk Not sure what you mean . The DC-10 just looked strange . The L-1011 was a more attractive aircraft .
The VC-10 just had great lines . Mind you ,i heard that access to those 4 engines was no fun . But a beautiful plane
@@johnsmith-rs2vkha ha get it ...
I flew on the VC10 from Auckland to Melbourne on the first leg of its long multi-stop flight from Auckland to London. I still have the BOAC teaspoon I kept for a souvenir.
Stole! and why not.
That's for bringing back my favorite airplane.
The VC10 was a beautiful airplane.✈❤🎶☺
you preserve and bring out such gems of aviation history- and even from a film- history standpoint.
Iwish your channel had a million followers! people don't know what they are missing. :(
Feel free to help spread the word!
sure will mate!
Flying those times was wonderful and so beautiful..
And expensive
I'd really love to pour through the operation and maintenance manuals of this beautiful machine.
I flew on the VC10 many times in the 70s courtesy of the RAF (thanks guys from this Squaddie) & luved from the first time. It is a beautiful looking aircraft & after Concorde was the fastest commercial passenger aircraft ever built, which was a surprise to me & after Concorde demise it then became the fastest as the RAF had it still in service. Amazing. It was comfortable to travel as well. I salute you VICKY 10!
I'm pretty sure the Convair 990 was faster.
What an Era 👍🇬🇧
@0:14,"It's a romantic place at any time! Holiday atmosphere, business journies, never a dull moment".
LOL, imagine that same narrator saying the same thing about today's air travel. :P
I flew March 3rd 1970 on a VC10 to Joh/Burg stopping at Rome, Nairobi and landing at Jan Smuts at 21 it was an experience that I have never forgotten. BOAC at their finest and the plane was a dream.
Flew on the VC 10s , along with Britannia’s and comets . The VC 10 was was a lot more comfortable and pleasant than the 707.
The best aircraft I ever flew in
The best aircraft I ever flew in Johannesburg to London
Would have loved to work this aircraft as cabin crew
I flew the VC10 to Tehran in the 70’s and they were brilliant. Quieter than a 707 and they seemed more comfortable. If I ever got a choice to go back to boarding school to the UK it was on a VC10!
Wasn't Sevenoaks School was it?
Stunning airliner. Simply beautiful.
I flew on this plane many times as a teenager going to Lusaka from England also with SAA happy times
I immigrated from England to the USA. On March 29th 1976. It was a flight on a VC-10 from Manchester to New York.
My first jet powered flight in 1973 aged 9. A RAF VC10 from Brize Norten to Hong Kong's Kai Tak, via Cyprus and Gan. Absolutely loved that plane, especially that distinctive howl of the RR Conway engines on the approach. Our pilot nailed the checker board approach over Kowloon. After that several more times, but I'll always remember the first to HK. ❤
It must have been impressive watching it from the bldgs as it weaved it's way in & down.
Hello Christian!....missed you!
Flew the BOAC VC-10 as a pax from Nicosia Cyprus to London Heathrow , September 1973!
It was a technical landing , plane coming from Lusaka ,... Africa, (refuelling) and my dad put me aboard , 3 o'clock in the morning....!!!
I was on my way to Scotland , were I learned to be an aviator......
Really a nice aircraft however like the Trident it suffered from that British Aviation illness, Myopia. Only 54 were built because it was built for hot and high African airports, even shorter runways on the continent. The speed is cool, but the bump in speed never was a big seller. The downside is the fuel cost and terrific noise. Not only the design limited its use but that crazy multi departmental government monster that told the builders what they could build and the U.K. Airlines what they could buy.
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Terrible noisy and thirsty like the BAC 11 of the Argentinian Austral Líneas Aéreas ...
They made a fantastic Tanker
You mention the terrific noise but don't say if you meant inside or outside the VC10. I had the pleasure of many flights in this very comfortable & quiet aircraft so I can only presume you mean the outside noise from its engines. Having flown in many passenger & non passenger Aircraft, including the Boeing 707 at the age of 7, right up to the Boeing 747-800, along with fast jets from a number of Armed Forces I think that qualify me in the bracket of knowing what I'm talking about. But thanks for the other info you've included. Have a nice day😊
I love the sound BTW, airports and people living under flight paths didn’t
I cannot bring myself to say enough good things about this remarkable aircraft: graceful, elegant, fast and comfortable. There was also something rather majestic about the VC10 during takeoffs and landings.
Clearly ahead of its time, it remains one plane that is sorely missed.
beauty.... as these old planes land, can't see how they stopped with out the Spoilers
Lusaka and Kano ❤️
Significant parts of my growing up!
I love that these were part of those years and making me who I am ❤️❤️❤️
Nice airplane! I was a flight engineer on Soviet Il-62 (62M). They are similar, but we have 5 crew members in the cockpit (minimum 4). It was a good time!
Yevgeniy
Did the 5-crew members ever come out of the cockpit or did they just remain there throughout the whole flight?
@@redblade8160 In normal operation usually didn’t. Flight-engineer sits in the middle, navigator - behind left side, radio-operator - behind right side. Often flew without radio-operator.
@@स्वस्ति-renyks
They do things differently in Russian planes.
They would cram 220 passengers in a plane that size today.. Beautiful bird - as elegant as they come.
I flew on a VC 10 to London, from Buenos Aires in 1975 when I was 10 years old, but the airline was the former Britiish Caledonian!
Greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷 ♥
I would love to fly the VC-10.
After flying Lockheed Constellations on the Lagos to London route from 1958, alone and aged 7, and also possibly the Bristol Britannia, the Vickers VC10 took over for the round trip 3 times a year, in the days of the BOAC Junior Jet Club. These journeys began in the days of Nissan huts as terminals at London well before the spanking new building featured in this video. Being taken into the Captain's cabin and seeing him walk casually around the aircraft was standard. Exhilarating especially as an impressionable small boy, and always well looked after by BOAC staff. I am wondering if some legs of the journey were not also made in the Comet? Possibly Triploi / Nice / Barcelona to London?
Beautiful! Best plane I never flew in. I always hoped U.S. airlines would have bought a few VC 10s.
John Sullivan
Americans were jealous of the Super VC10 in the same way they were jealous of Concorde. American people are like children that have never learned to grow up and if a civil aircraft (especially) is not an American product (even when it's better than what they have), then they don't want to know!
They made the 747 & changed aviation for the masses & cargo planes.
@@redblade8160
The mass population didn't give two hoots, they made 1970s domestic travel for ordinary citizens affordable & normal, way before budget airlines. They had a lot of terrible crashes too.
We had the ads in Australia. Captain Bristow saying : the VC 10 with HUSHPOWER. Gorgeous aeroplane.
Love the sound of the old planes thats why i look em up on youtube. Modern Jets are too quiet.
+Bo Danville (BountyHunter01) When I was little in the late 1960's my Dad would take us to Sea-Tac airport, we would park off the end of the runway and watch the planes come in to land or take off, depending on which way the wind was blowing. Those old 707's, 727's and DC-8's would just about shake the fillings out of your teeth.
Love the RR Conway chorus at takeoff
"ECONOMY" Class seats THEN are probably LARGER than FIRST Class seats today..
More expensive too.
Yeah 20 times the cost..adjusted to today's price..industry went down the cheap and cheerful. ..vc10 company backed the wrong horse.
Well no. The 3 X 3 seating in Y class is the same width as on any of today's single aisle jets. The legroom was better though.
1:25 - Narrator's Voice Buckles
Served the RAF well,during its military role at BZZ
including my 44 years there also concorde.
A great aeroplane. I was a passenger on BOAC VC10s many times.
Very quiet compared with other planes at the time, such as the Boeing. The VC10 was advertised as "VCtenderness for a good reason."
I rarely fly anywhere now I'm retired. Flying is no longer a pleasure or adventure.
Brilliant videos. Thanks for sharing.
Back when flying was a pleasure rather than just an ordeal to be endured before your holiday
I would give anything travel-wise to get this type of flying and service back. I miss these days so much with the full service, hygiene and less crazy people on board.
Re-upped in better quality.
Elegant ,beautiful aircraft the T tailplane sets it off ,must have been very quiet with the engines at theback
I flew on a "Super VC10" from Heathrow to Johannesburg in 1969
That is phenomenal Aircraft,I am truly surprised we did not see that fellow in Latin American airspace more often.
For what I can see it was made for the Airports of those times.
Those days the economy class really was like todays business class!!
And the BOAC catering was super compared with today
am1966ath Probably due to it being before high capacities on other airliners (Such as the 747) caused food to be needed to be prepared on the ground, as a result the food was fresher in those days, as the food was actually served fresh.
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Absolutely..and costs wasn t an issue...the BOAC catering department produced its own bread,bakery,cakes etc...and today most of the catering has been outsourced to someone else.
am1966ath Agreed, but at risk of contradicting myself, I dug out some old airfares, and even as late as the mid-80's, the long-haul economy fares were, in real inflationary terms, equivalent to today's business, so I suppose you can't have your cake and eat it.
Mick Jones Definitely not..also there was no real competition but a powerful oligopoly were flag carriers divided the routes in between them, less flights, more expensive flight and no Ryan air nor Emirates to compete..Europe was very expensive..people on a budget traveled by train...if you wanted to travel cheap you had to go on charter flights to southern Europe or big cities or buy an ticket in a bucket-shop on secondary carriers like Aeroflot,air india or PIA-pakistan..I did that way back in 1986...some 5 days to reach Tokyo from Copenhagen with PIA..stop in Frankfurt,Athens,Teheran.Karachi,Bangkok and Manila for 700US$..BA or Lufthans wanted over 1500US$ in those days..
Great Video!
God what a nice airplane, isn't it 😍
Wish at least one was still flying. ❤
Imagine how much more awesome the VC10 would be with GE Passport engines 😎
The most incredibly stunning aircraft ever to fly.
Those amazing almost full wing leading edge slats and trailing edge flaps, something Boeing didn't have.
Took it from New York to London.
The VC10 airplane what were the destinations this aircraft has flown to?
Bangkok? Tokyo? New York? Singapore?
Could you do a video on the de havilland comet?
Irony...it was boac that shafted vc10.
Ah smoking in the air. Great days. 😂
Commenting on what was stated in Part 2 of Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies. The stewardesses commented that people preferred this aircraft over Boeing's 707, saying that the noise of landing in the latter aircraft was like a controlled crash. Then they commented at the hideous uniform they had to ware...
back in the day when Britain was still british and flying was still flying....todays generic looking tubes with giant coke cans on the wings just don't do it for me anymore...:(
like cars italion wind tunnel jobs.
I worked and flew in airforce service . Hot rod of airliners , it was fast .
VC10. Me love.
Such a great film, so evocative of the era.
Can you tell me where I would go to get this footage if I used it in a project? Thanks!
Eric Pomert You go right here. It's my birthday, heading out now, but we can talk tomorrow if you want.
Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture Happy Birthday! Let's talk tomorrow. Thank you!
I loved flying the VC-10 even one owned by United Arab Airlines! Concorde was a lot more exciting though.
As a child flying to and from Hong Kong to London my Dad specifically asked for the VC10 and most of my BOAC Junior Jet Club logs were in those planes. Yet another brilliant British product that was let down by the British Government(s) and the corruption of BOAC wanting to use Boeings
7’00”: “There are signs that in the sphere of air travel, matters are often multiracial as well as international.” Hmm, with its initial destination of apartheid Johannesburg? And “probably full of wonder, the inhabitants [of Lusaka] see the aircraft prepare for another stage of its journey” (6’05”); “[Y]et not many years ago, this place [Nairobi] was a wilderness . . . “ (7’30”). Interesting though.
Hi guys technically I'm the last guy in the world to have commercially flown this old girl, that's all goodbye
Boeing B377 Stratocruiser at 6:50 !!!! :D
In that era the Boeing B377 stratocruiser was probably outdated!
I flew transatlantic on a VC10. Comfortable and much faster than any other transatlantic flight: 10% less fuel efficient but saved an hour NY-HTR (fuel became an issue from 1973). It was so popular that Boeing paid actors to spread rumours about it's safety record in US airport lounges despite its perfect flight safety record
Do you mind if I link your URL to a piece of work I am doing on a VC10?
Looks like William Whitelaw and Francis Pym at 2.40 lol
The plane with HUSHPOWER. 🎉
Was that a Bible at 2:45?
Oh yes praying to be safe on journey
Complete works of Shakespeare me thinks!
Lucky guy 😊
Try a little Ten-derness
When English was correctly spoken , pronounced and understood .
a m a z i n g
"Hush-Power"
Len Martin of Grandstand football scores fame
2’50” Orange juice with your bible study...
Not hard to see why the VC10 was superior to the Boeing 707. Too bad it came on stream late in the game. By then, most airlines were fully committed to either the 707 or DC-8.
I just put a video of a,Super Vc 10 up on RUclips
Beautiful heritage vid. So colonist though.
Excluding Concorde, and the Comet, British airlines aircraft were at least two years behind American designs.
When they produced a good design they could not build it quick enough.
TWA wanted to buy 40 Britannia aircraft, but would have to wait two years to get the first half a dozen.
So said no.
Ah yes, a quick jaunt in comfort to apartheid. How marvelous.
Anyone else think the world has gone to s*** since the 60s?
1:27 voice crack
OMG. How Imperialistic! Horrible
VC 10s failed because they were gas guzzlers..unlike a 707
IT was terrible.
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