Aircraft Photo of ZA143 | Vickers VC10 K.2 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #464730
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZA143
Military Code:D
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers VC10
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers VC10/Super VC10
Aircraft Version:Vickers VC10 K.2
C/n (msn):813
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:101 Sqn
Location
City / Airport:FairfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGVA   IATA: FFD   Local: -   Other: -
Event:IAT - International Air Tattoo 1985
 
Photo Date:13 July 1985
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 464730
Photo Comment

Delivered to BOAC as G-ARVK in 1964. Merged into British Airways in 1974 then to Gulf Air in 1975 and reregistered as A4O-VK. Sold to the RAF as ZD143 in 1978 for conversion to a tanker at Filton. Delivered after coversion to the RAF in 1983. Withdrawn from use at St.Athan in 1998 and scrapped in 2001.

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