Aircraft Photo of ZA149 | Vickers VC10 K.3 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #488336
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZA149
Military Code:H
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers VC10
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers VC10/Super VC10
Aircraft Version:Vickers VC10 K.3
C/n (msn):884
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:101 Sqn
Location
City / Airport:ConingsbyMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGXC   IATA: QCY   Local: -   Other: -
Event:RAF Coningsby Airshow 1989
 
Photo Date:17 June 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 488336
Photo Comment

Delivered to East African Airways as 5X-UVJ in 1969. Flown to Filton after East African Airways collapsed in 1977. Sold to the RAF as ZA149 in 1978. Converted to a K.3 tanker and delivered to the RAF in 1985. Last flight to Bruntingthorpe in 2013. Forward fuselage shipped to Sharjah for preservation. Remainder scrapped.

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