Notes:

At air show - Upper Heyford was a USAF F111 base, later F15 - now closed

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Aircraft

ZA140 - Vickers VC-10 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

After doing a very low pass for us spotters on the "rocks" it resulted in a tight turn back for landing and then stopping for "The Empire Strikes Back special " before the arrester in the foreground was deployed, scanned from a photo

Michael Eaton ZA140
2,208 4 0 Vickers VC-10
ZA140 - Vickers VC-10 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

The main change to the fuel system for the K2 and K3 tankers that are were in service with the RAF was the addition of five cylindrical fuel cells mounted in the cabin and holding 3,500 Imperial Gallons

Turnandslip Photography ZA140
4,858 1 0 Vickers VC-10

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50-38 - Transall C-160D - Germany - Air Force

50-38 at the 1971 USAF Open Day at Upper Heyford - scan of an old slide

Alan P Cookson 50-38
236 3 0 Transall C-160D
WJ949 - Vickers Varsity T.1 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

WJ949 at the USAF Open Day - Upper Heyford - scan of an old slide

Alan P Cookson WJ949
338 2 0 Vickers Varsity T.1
XM139 - English Electric Lightning - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

XM139 at the USAF Open Day at Upper Heyford

Alan P Cookson XM139
1,348 8 0 English Electric Lightning

Photographer

G-HITT - Hawker Hurricane Mk.I - Private

Trevor Thornton G-HITT
1,802 0 0 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
15-5164 - Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Trevor Thornton 15-5164
2,683 1 0 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
130614 - Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules - Canada - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

Trevor Thornton 130614
2,167 0 0 Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules

Registration

ZA140

Photo Date

May 31, 1984

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Notes

At air show - Upper Heyford was a USAF F111 base, later F15 - now closed

Camera

ZA140 - Vickers VC-10 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

After doing a very low pass for us spotters on the "rocks" it resulted in a tight turn back for landing and then stopping for "The Empire Strikes Back special " before the arrester in the foreground was deployed, scanned from a photo

Michael Eaton ZA140
2,208 4 0 Vickers VC-10
ZA140 - Vickers VC-10 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

The main change to the fuel system for the K2 and K3 tankers that are were in service with the RAF was the addition of five cylindrical fuel cells mounted in the cabin and holding 3,500 Imperial Gallons

Turnandslip Photography ZA140
4,858 1 0 Vickers VC-10
50-38 - Transall C-160D - Germany - Air Force

50-38 at the 1971 USAF Open Day at Upper Heyford - scan of an old slide

Alan P Cookson 50-38
236 3 0 Transall C-160D
WJ949 - Vickers Varsity T.1 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

WJ949 at the USAF Open Day - Upper Heyford - scan of an old slide

Alan P Cookson WJ949
338 2 0 Vickers Varsity T.1
XM139 - English Electric Lightning - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

XM139 at the USAF Open Day at Upper Heyford

Alan P Cookson XM139
1,348 8 0 English Electric Lightning
G-HITT - Hawker Hurricane Mk.I - Private

Trevor Thornton G-HITT
1,802 0 0 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
15-5164 - Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Trevor Thornton 15-5164
2,683 1 0 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
130614 - Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules - Canada - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)

Trevor Thornton 130614
2,167 0 0 Lockheed Martin CC-130J Hercules
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