ZA140

Aircraft:
Vickers VC-10
Reg: ZA140 photos
Serial #:
814
Airline: United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)
Photo Date: Aug 16, 1991
Uploaded: Aug 25, 2020
Valley - EGOV, United Kingdom

Notes:

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

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by Michael Eaton
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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

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

Trevor Thornton ZA140

2,917 0 0 Vickers VC-10

Photo location

L’Ecole de Pilotage de l’Armee de l’Air 315 ‘General Jarry’ based at Cognac-Chateaubernard sent four PC-21s to attend the 2023 RAF Valley Families Day

Michael Brazier 08

2,184 3 0 Pilatus PC-21

ZK018 - British Aerospace Hawk T.2 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

A 4 Sqn Hawk during the 2023 RAF Valley Families' Day

Michael Brazier ZK018

3,750 3 0 British Aerospace Hawk T.2

ZK429 - Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

One of a pair of Typhoons that departed RAF Valley during the 2023 Families' Day

Michael Brazier ZK429

2,169 4 0 Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4

Photographer

D-ACNK - Bombardier CRJ-900LR - Lufthansa Regional (CityLine)

Michael Eaton D-ACNK

98 0 0 Bombardier CRJ-900LR

Michael Eaton D-AIUI

113 0 0 Airbus A320-214

SP-RZI - Boeing 737-8-200 MAX - Ryanair (Buzz)

Michael Eaton SP-RZI

127 0 0 Boeing 737-8-200 MAX

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Photo Date

Aug 16, 1991

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Aug 25, 2020

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