Aircraft Photo of ZA147 | Vickers VC10 K.3 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #488324
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZA147
Military Code:F
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers VC10
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers VC10/Super VC10
Aircraft Version:Vickers VC10 K.3
C/n (msn):882
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:RIAT - Royal International Air Tattoo 2009
 
Photo Date:20 July 2009
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 488324
Photo Comment

Delivered to East African Airways as 5H-MMT in 1966. Flown to Filton after East African Airways collapsed in 1977. Sold to the RAF as ZA147 in 1978. Converted to a K.3 tanker and delivered to the RAF in 1985. Made the last ever flight of a VC-10 to Bruntingthorpe in 2013. Scrapped in 2021.

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