Vickers Vc10

Author : Lance Cole
Publisher : Air World
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781526760074

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Vickers VC10 by Lance Cole Pdf

“A comprehensive history of the VC10 . . . enhanced by the fabulous artwork and photographs . . . will take you back to the golden age of jet travel.” —Flight Line Book Review Designed and manufactured by the men who would make Concorde, the Rolls-Royce powered Vickers VC10, and its larger variant, the Super VC10, represented the ultimate in 1960s subsonic airliners. The VC10 was Britain’s answer to the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8, but it could take off in a very short distance, climb more steeply, and land at slower speed than its rivals. These were vital safety benefits in the early years of the jet age. At one stage, the Super VC10 was the biggest airliner made in Europe and the fastest in the world. On entry into service, both the VC10 and the longer Super VC10 carved out a niche with passengers who enjoyed the speed, silence and elegance of the airliner. Pilots, meanwhile, loved its ease of flying and extra power. Yet the VC10 project was embroiled in machinations across many years and more than one government. Questions were asked in parliament and the whole story was enmeshed in a political and corporate affair that signified the end of British big airliner production. Yet the men who made the VC10 also went on to design and build Concorde. Many VC10 pilots became Concorde pilots. In service until the 1980s with British Airways, and until 2013 with the RAF, the VC10 became a British icon and a national hero, one only eclipsed by Concorde. It retains a place in the hearts and minds of enthusiasts the world over. “A good one-stop reference to the VC10.” —Scale Aviation Modeller International

Author : Timothy Walker,Scott Henderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Vickers VC10 (Jet transport)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025100798

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Silent Swift Superb by Timothy Walker,Scott Henderson Pdf

This title presents the definitive history of the largest civil jet transport to be designed, built and enter service in the UK. It also covers all variants such as the V1000, VC11 and VC10 Superb, and includes a close-up-detail section for modellers.

Author : Lance Cole
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781473875340

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VC10: Icon of the Skies by Lance Cole Pdf

“An excellent account of the political battles and the commercial skulduggery . . . and its outstanding service as a transport and tanker with the RAF.” —Firetrench The VC10 was the nation’s biggest jet airliner of its age and regarded as the world’s best-looking airliner. It was safe, fast, and designed to take off from short runways in Africa and Asia, at the request of its main operator BOAC—the airline that would later go on to become today’s British Airways. The VC10 and the larger Super VC10 were beloved by pilots and passengers alike and became icons of the 1960s. They were hugely popular all over the world. Yet the VC10 was eclipsed by Boeing’s 707 which sold by the hundreds, despite the fact that the 707 was less capable and could not initially operate from the runways of the Commonwealth and old British Empire routes, as the VC10 undoubtedly could. This book blends the story of VC10 development with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power play. It asks; just what lay behind the sales failure of the VC1O? Politics played an important part of course, as did BOACs tactics, and a whodunnit cast of politico-corporate events and machinations at the highest level of society during the dying days of Empire in 1960s Britain. Key players in the story, from Tony Benn to famous test pilot Brian Trubshaw (Concorde), are cited and quoted. By exploring this historical period in depth and highlighting all the various impediments that stood in the way of success for the VC10, Lance Cole adds an important layer to our understanding of twentieth century history.

Author : Lance Cole
Publisher : FlightCraft
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1526760061

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Vickers Vc10 by Lance Cole Pdf

Designed and manufactured by the men who would make Concorde, the Rolls-Royce powered Vickers VC10, and its larger variant, the Super VC10, represented the ultimate in 1960s subsonic airliners. The VC10 was Britain's answer to the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8.The VC10 was a second-generation jetliner designed in the 1960s and manufactured into the 1970s. It incorporated advanced engineering, new aerodynamics, and design features, to produce a swept, sculpted machine easily identifiable by its high T-tail design and rear-engine configuration.The VC10 could take off in a very short distance, climb more steeply and land at slower speed than its rivals the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. These were vital safety benefits in the early years of the jet age. At one stage, the Super VC10 was the biggest airliner made in Europe and the fastest in the world.On entry into service, both the VC10 and the longer Super VC10 carved out a niche with passengers who enjoyed the speed, silence and elegance of the airliner. Pilots, meanwhile, loved its ease of flying and extra power. Yet the VC10 project was embroiled in political and corporate machinations across many years and more than one government. BOAC got what they asked for but went on to criticise the VC10 for not being a 707 - which was a different beast entirely. Questions were asked in parliament and the whole story was enmeshed in a political and corporate affair that signified the end of British big airliner production. Yet the men who made the VC10 also went on to design and build Concorde. Many VC10 pilots became Concorde pilots.In service until the 1980s with British Airways, and until 2013 with the RAF, the VC10 became a British icon and a national hero, one only eclipsed by Concorde. It remains an enthusiast's hero.

Author : Martin Hedley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Vickers VC10 (Jet transport)
ISBN : 0711012148

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Vickers VC 10 by Martin Hedley Pdf

Author : Chris Gibson,M.J. Pryce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Vickers VC10 (Jet transport)
ISBN : 0956195105

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Vickers VC10 by Chris Gibson,M.J. Pryce Pdf

Author : Keith Wilson
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0857337998

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Vickers/BAC VC10 Manual by Keith Wilson Pdf

Designed in the 1950s to operate on long-distance routes, the four-jet Vickers VC10 saw service with BOAC and a number of other airlines from the 1960s to 1981. It enjoyed a further career with the RAF as a strategic transport and later as an aerial refuelling aircraft. The last VC10 K3 tanker was retired by the RAF in 2013. Keith Wilson examines the design, construction and use of the VC10, using as his centrepiece ex-RAF VC10 C1K (XR808) and VC10 K3 (ZA147) tankers at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire.

Author : Stephen Skinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1802823301

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Vc10 by Stephen Skinner Pdf

One of the truly iconic jet airliners, the Vickers VC10 is superb example of British engineering that left a lasting impression on many; those who flew it as pilots, or in it as crew or passengers, those who worked on the initial design, manufacturing or maintenance programs, or those many more who simply saw it in the skies. After 51 years in the air the VC10s are now retired, but readers can relive its heyday in Key Publishing's new 116-page special perfect bound tribute to the type. VC10 magazine looks at the type's development, its service with the RAF, including the Gulf War and operations over Iraq, plus data files and production lists. This 116-page special publication pays tribute to this legend of the skies.

Author : Stephen Skinner
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781847974501

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British Aircraft Corporation by Stephen Skinner Pdf

The British Aircraft Corporation was formed from The Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric, Vickers-Armstrong and Hunting in 1960. In its short, seventeen-year, life, the British Aircraft Corporation built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond: its best-known products included the Jaguar and Tornado warplanes, Rapier missile and One-Eleven airliner. It was also responsible for the stillborn TSR2 strike aircraft, the 1965 cancellation of which remains controversial to this day. Most famously, the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic airliner came from the BAC stable. BAC was subsumed into British Aerospace (now BAE Systems) in 1977, but many of its products remain in service to this day. This book tells their complete story.

Author : Stewart Wilson
Publisher : Australian Aviation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1875671366

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Boeing 707, Douglas DC-8 & Vickers VC10 by Stewart Wilson Pdf

Boeing claimed the 707 as the airplane that made the world smaller and horizons larger. The DC-8 was developed a little later than the 707 and as a result was always playing catch up. Despite being a fine aircraft, the VC10 was too late to seriously challenge the 707 and DC-8, but today soldiers on in military service with the RAF as tankers and transports. This detailed work is filled with highlights of each aircrafts development plus a broad overview of its operational history. Legends of the Air 6. Sftbd., 8 1/4x 11, 186 pgs., 225 bandw ill., 60 color.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1126 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : PSU:000068751463

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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117452412

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Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015316560

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Air Pictorial by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul E. Eden
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499465884

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The World's Most Powerful Civilian Aircraft by Paul E. Eden Pdf

The World's Most Powerful Civilian Aircraft profiles many types, from cargo transports and freighters, through flying boats, passenger airliners, and business jets. Featured aircraft include the Ford Trimotor “Tin Goose,” one of the great workhorses of early aviation history; the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 “Charger” and Concorde, Cold War competitors in aviation excellence; and the most popular passenger aircraft of the present, including the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380. Each entry includes a brief description of the model’s development and history, a profile view, key features, and specifications. Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs, this is a colorful guide for the aviation enthusiast.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015010900465

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Flight by Anonim Pdf