One of the last three flying Vickers VC10 jetliners has arrived in Cornwall, where it will become part of the Classic Air Force collection in Newquay. Known as "the Queen of the Skies", the VC10 was ...

Two of the military's iconic refuelling aircraft - the VC10 - have made their last ever flight after 47 years of service. The planes flew sorties around the UK from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, ...

Just because it’s based on a crazy idea or has a more unusual appearance doesn’t mean it’s wrong – or, in the case of Steve Jones, impossible. A former RAF engineer, Jones had always dreamed of a very ...

Vickers 'Queen of the Skies' VC10 will be blasting down the Wings and Wheels runway this August bank holiday weekend in a noisy demonstration of her power. The VC10 will be located in the motoring ...

The U.K. Royal Air Force has retired the last of its vintage Vickers VC10 aerial refueling tankers, which opens an unlikely capability gap. For almost 50 years, the VC10 provided strategic transport, ...

LONDON — The U.K. Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Vickers VC10 air-to-air refueling tankers is drawing closer to retirement. The RAF now has just three VC10s left in the inventory following the ...

THE Vickers VC10 will make its final flight from RAF Brize Norton today after nearly 50 years of service. Two aircraft will take off from the West Oxfordshire base at 10am this morning and land at ...

Customers will be able to watch the airfield activity while eating their gourmet Indian food (Picture: BPM MEDIA) From the outside, it looks like any old retired passenger aeroplane sitting on the ...

The Royal Air Force's Vickers VC10 tanker squadron is preparing for the final rundown of its fleet as it works towards a planned March 2013 retirement of the 1960s transport design. RAF Brize ...

An investigation has been launched after minor damage was found on two UK Royal Air Force aircraft shortly after they had completed an inflight refuelling sortie near the Falkland Islands. "A minor ...

Two of the military's iconic refuelling aircraft - the VC10 - have made their last ever flight after 47 years of service. The planes flew sorties around the UK from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, ...