• Aircraft:

  Vickers Super VC-10

• Reg: G-ASGC photos
• Serial #:

  853

• Airline: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
• Photo Date: Jun 29, 2011
• Uploaded: Jun 28, 2020
• Duxford - EGSU, United Kingdom

No one could fail to glance at one of these beauties on the apron in its heyday. That shade of BOAC dark blue looked all the more alluring under lights at night. From a few flights on the VC10, I remember the cabin was quiet in flight, more so towards the front. It was the epitome of comfort and elegance back in the day. This Speedbird first flew in Jan. 1965 and had an innings with BA till April 1980, when she was withdrawn from use and displayed at Duxford.

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Scanned from a K25 slide

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