My family flew from KJFK to Sydney (YSSY) in the BOAC VC-10 in 1970. after 5 stop overs it took 36 hours. I was 10 at the time. Awesome flight and we were fed constantly. It was so much fun. I still remember it as one of my childhood best memories.
Thank you so much! I had an RAF training captain teach me Flight Planning and OPS Procedures, and the VC10 stories I heard are uncountable, it was amazing to see the aircraft in real life.
Wonderful machine. When I was a kid my uncle flew these for many years in Brazil as a captain for VASP Airlines and he loved them. Then, in 1969, VASP entered the jet era and the Viscount were replaced by B727 and B737.
I got to fly in a BOAC VC10 from London to Sydney via the US in 1970. My first ever flight in any aircraft. I was invited to see the cockpit and was very impressed with the view out of the front. All those dials and controls were a little overwhelming to an 11 year old me. We were seated above the wing and I thought it was falling apart when the spoilers deployed on landing. Beautiful aircraft, thanks for sharing.
@@greatflyer_aviation It was loud and as a first time flyer I thought the whole flight would be like that. It wasn't as loud as the 727 we got onboard on the hop into Melbourne. A few years later I got to fly in a DC9 now that was really loud compared to the VC10. Just as an aside, I was given a BOAC flight log, a little royal blue book with gold lettering and I think it had a speedbird on the cover. It has spaces that the captain could fill in such as origin, destination, aircraft registration and such. I haven't seen it since the 70's and I"m hoping my parents have it tucked away somewhere. My dad said it was defaced by letting the Ansett flight crew record the SYD to MEB 727 flight.
I can't recall the year but my wife and I flew from Toronto to I think Manchester, it was the last flight for the aircraft at least for british airways, still can remember the stewardess telling us about the last flight, fond memories.
@@greatflyer_aviation The flight was comfortable and smooth, we had no idea the flight would be on a VC10 and at the airport I thought I heard someone mention DC10 and at that time the DC10 was having its problems with engines falling off etc so it was quite a relief to discover it was indeed a VC10 :) regards Mike.
I have a vintage altimeter, I've just realised I've got the exact same model sitting on my desk like the one in this aircraft. I never realised where it was from!
Love this plane. There’s one of these at East Midlands Aeropark and usually they give you a tour of the cabin and the cockpit. It’s a really cool looking aircraft, and the cockpit looks really complicated 😂😂
I would love to own the front end of one of these or the Trident as a Radio amateur shack in my garden with of course the HF radio... Great plane used to listen to them on way back from Falkland islands on 8861 Khz positioning.. Buy wonderful VC 10..
@@greatflyer_aviation it was a wonderful aircraft if you get a chance to go to duxford museum GASGC is on display this was the very aircraft that broke the record and I did my supernumerary on this very aircraft to Bermuda I really miss my flying especially the Vc10 but after 32 years up in the clouds I guess we all have to retire lol
Best looking airliner ever & still fastest sub sonic. I had many trips on them courtesy of RAF. The cockpit looks like it's from a Lancaster! It doesn't quite match up to the rest of the plane behind it. Left Hand Down A Bit..
@@greatflyer_aviation, @Filippo Reutener, I use to think that as well up until recently, when I watched a YT video that explores the history of the development of both; the VC-10 and the IL-62, that video shows that apart from the features that stand out visually like the layout of the 4 engines mounted at the tail; both airframes have very few in common regarding their operational purposes, aeronautical engineering (e.g the center of gravity is radically different between the two airframes, wing design - a whole world apart... etc.) and performance. many aviation enthusiasts believe that il-62 is a soviet ripoff "VC-10'sky" because of the obvious visual (rough) resemblance and because they where both designed at about the same period, but even when looking only at the visual details and proportions with guidance from that video I mentioned and with some attention to detail - you can see that they are actually completely different airplanes for different purposes.
I worked VC10s during the final year of my BOAC engineering apprenticeship. Superior in every way to the B707 except making money. Very annoying that the flt deck is referred to as the cockpit. Many people make this mistake. Spitfire, F16 etc have cockpits. Airliners, bombers and large transports have flight decks or Airbuses have control cabins. Aircraft airplanes,aeroplanes, but never planes!!
A fine time to be proud of British engineering.
We led the Way for Jet Age, and a lot of people forget in the states that we led it.
A true marvel of engineering this is!
Check out my video with the unique IL-62 still flying last year for a comparison with the Soviet equivalent.
Thank you so much for that; my favorite plane when I was a kid. Still is!
My family flew from KJFK to Sydney (YSSY) in the BOAC VC-10 in 1970. after 5 stop overs it took 36 hours. I was 10 at the time. Awesome flight and we were fed constantly. It was so much fun. I still remember it as one of my childhood best memories.
36 hrs! That's a lot of sitting. At least you had the best plane to do it in.
Thank you so much for showing us this. How thoroughly enjoyable. What a life it must have been to have flown a VC10 for a living. Astonishing.
Thank you so much! I had an RAF training captain teach me Flight Planning and OPS Procedures, and the VC10 stories I heard are uncountable, it was amazing to see the aircraft in real life.
Wonderful machine. When I was a kid my uncle flew these for many years in Brazil as a captain for VASP Airlines and he loved them. Then, in 1969, VASP entered the jet era and the Viscount were replaced by B727 and B737.
That's the amazing thing about the VC-10, you fly it like any Boeing Aircraft.
I got to fly in a BOAC VC10 from London to Sydney via the US in 1970. My first ever flight in any aircraft.
I was invited to see the cockpit and was very impressed with the view out of the front. All those dials and controls were a little overwhelming to an 11 year old me.
We were seated above the wing and I thought it was falling apart when the spoilers deployed on landing. Beautiful aircraft, thanks for sharing.
What was the noise like on takeoff?
@@greatflyer_aviation It was loud and as a first time flyer I thought the whole flight would be like that.
It wasn't as loud as the 727 we got onboard on the hop into Melbourne. A few years later I got to fly in a DC9 now that was really loud compared to the VC10.
Just as an aside, I was given a BOAC flight log, a little royal blue book with gold lettering and I think it had a speedbird on the cover. It has spaces that the captain could fill in such as origin, destination, aircraft registration and such. I haven't seen it since the 70's and I"m hoping my parents have it tucked away somewhere. My dad said it was defaced by letting the Ansett flight crew record the SYD to MEB 727 flight.
Had the priviledge to work on that aircraft at Brooklands. Still remember the smell of it.
Back in 1978,I was stationed on Bermuda,in A USN P-3 Orion squadron. I used to see BOAC operate VC-10's there,seems like a million years ago.
those throttles look so smoooth
Indeed, thanks for watching!
Awesome video mate, love this era of aircraft. flew it in FSX and would love to see it developed for MSFS. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful classic cockpit. Great video
Thank you so much!
Excellent! Very envious, very much enjoyed. Thanks for posting.
Glad you liked it!
I can't recall the year but my wife and I flew from Toronto to I think Manchester, it was the last flight for the aircraft at least for british airways, still can remember the stewardess telling us about the last flight, fond memories.
That sounds so amazing! How was the VC10 to fly on?
@@greatflyer_aviation The flight was comfortable and smooth, we had no idea the flight would be on a VC10 and at the airport I thought I heard someone mention DC10 and at that time the DC10 was having its problems with engines falling off etc so it was quite a relief to discover it was indeed a VC10 :) regards Mike.
really great video, love that old airplane❤👍
That beautiful VC-10 was registered A40, so it was from Oman...
It was owned by a sultan in Oman.
It was the Sultan of Oman's Royal Flight VC10. My father flew it for a number of years before retiring.
I marshalled it in to Brize once when the Sultan came to visit UK. We were allowed on board after he disembarked. stunning fit out then.
2:21 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRINGGGGGG
> Hello, who's this?
> Engine No. 1, sir.
> What do you want?
> I seem to be on fire!
😂
thanks so much..love this airplane, flew them many times between West Africa and London on Ghana Airways...beautiful airplane in every way.
Can't wait till this comes out for X-Plane 11 by Justflight
Yes, that yoke mechanism looks very ornate indeed.
1965 I flew from LHR to HKG Kai Tak on VC10, G-ARVL. Going into Kai Tak was some experience - the thrill of my life
Must have been!
I have a vintage altimeter, I've just realised I've got the exact same model sitting on my desk like the one in this aircraft. I never realised where it was from!
Love this plane. There’s one of these at East Midlands Aeropark and usually they give you a tour of the cabin and the cockpit. It’s a really cool looking aircraft, and the cockpit looks really complicated 😂😂
Been to EMA Aeropark! The Nimrod was my personal highlight.
Very interesting and informative @
The pilots placed much trust in the F/E
Indeed! Thanks for watching, you may be interested in checking out my Concorde cockpit tour video!
@@greatflyer_aviation I will take a look at Concorde tour
Very cool! I’m a big fan of this plane. I get to see it again next month in Cosford.
Fanťasţico exelente!!!!
I would love to own the front end of one of these or the Trident as a Radio amateur shack in my garden with of course the HF radio... Great plane used to listen to them on way back from Falkland islands on 8861 Khz positioning.. Buy wonderful VC 10..
Excellent video. Such a RADICALLY different and unique cockpit design from the likes of Boeing...
Thank you so much! Indeed, very different. Would die to fly one of them, sadly I know my future will be flying behind computer screens...
GreatFlyer Haha. Same here. X-Plane for me!
Just pure awesomeness ☺ cool video 👍:)
I was on the Vc10 when it broke the speed record for a subsonic aircraft . I was cabin crew then .
Congrats! How was flying on the VC10?
@@greatflyer_aviation it was a wonderful aircraft if you get a chance to go to duxford museum GASGC is on display this was the very aircraft that broke the record and I did my supernumerary on this very aircraft to Bermuda I really miss my flying especially the Vc10 but after 32 years up in the clouds I guess we all have to retire lol
Best looking airliner ever & still fastest sub sonic. I had many trips on them courtesy of RAF. The cockpit looks like it's from a Lancaster! It doesn't quite match up to the rest of the plane behind it. Left Hand Down A Bit..
Thanks a lot for watching, she has seen more glorious days for sure!
Someone could buy one of these planes and get them back in the air again.
They could have done the same with Concorde… check out my Concorde videos as well if you liked this one!
Good jod,Nice.
Now, which clock do you want to buy? We have a lot of to choose from... 😂 The good old clock shop...
Great Video and greetings from Germany ;)
😂😂👌 Greetings from the UK!
Why is this aircraft in so many ways similar to the IL-62 which had its maiden flight just two years after the VC10?
Maybe the IL-62 was a ripoff? Just saying 🤞
@@greatflyer_aviation, @Filippo Reutener,
I use to think that as well up until recently, when I watched a YT video that explores the history of the development of both; the VC-10 and the IL-62,
that video shows that apart from the features that stand out visually like the layout of the 4 engines mounted at the tail; both airframes have very few in common regarding their operational purposes, aeronautical engineering (e.g the center of gravity is radically different between the two airframes, wing design - a whole world apart... etc.) and performance. many aviation enthusiasts believe that il-62 is a soviet ripoff "VC-10'sky" because of the obvious visual (rough) resemblance and because they where both designed at about the same period, but even when looking only at the visual details and proportions with guidance from that video I mentioned and with some attention to detail - you can see that they are actually completely different airplanes for different purposes.
@@giladostrover explains it all👍🏻
Woww
I worked VC10s during the final year of my BOAC engineering apprenticeship. Superior in every way to the B707 except making money.
Very annoying that the flt deck is referred to as the cockpit. Many people make this mistake. Spitfire, F16 etc have cockpits. Airliners, bombers and large transports have flight decks or Airbuses have control cabins. Aircraft airplanes,aeroplanes, but never planes!!
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