Vickers VC 10 UK RAF Airplane Wood Model Free SHIP New_vickers_产品服务_产品

Vickers VC 10 UK RAF Airplane Wood Model Free SHIP New

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This magnificent and Museum-Quality crafted Vickers VC-10 UK RAF AIRPLANE WOOD MODEL is finely handmade from kiln-dried Wood Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted by gifted artists.

It is 11.00" in Length, with 10.00" Wingspan, weighing 0.44 pounds, and a package weight of about 2.20 pounds.

The picture shown in this listing is part of a set of photos we are using as reference for the production of the models. Each model comes with a wooden stand.

Direct from our highly gifted Craftsmen & Artists, Each model is Individually Sculptured and Painted by hand, Not Mass-produced and there is No Reserve!

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History

Vickers Armstrong had been working in-house in the early 1950s on a project known as Type 1000, essentially a civilian version of their Valiant V-bomber with enough range to cross the Atlantic. At this point the transatlantic routes were being served by piston-powered aircraft such as the Lockheed Constellation and Douglas DC-7C, although the Bristol Britannia turboprop appeared likely to shorten the flight times somewhat when it would enter service. A jet-powered aircraft with the range of the Britannia would cut several hours off the flight time, but jet engines of that era had fuel consumption high enough to make the Atlantic crossing impractical except in a much larger aircraft. The only jet airliner to see service by this point was the de Havilland Comet, but it had too short a range to cross the Atlantic (at least at the time - the later Comet 4 would later run the first scheduled trans-Atlantic jet service).

BOAC then offered a tender for a new airliner to replace their Comets then in service, but able to operate from smaller airports on their many empire routes. Vickers offered a version of the Type 1000 as the VC-7 (VC for Vickers Civil), carrying up to 120 passengers in two rows on either side of a central aisle. Almost at the same time the RAF expessed interest in the Type 1000 as a long-range strategic transport, and ordered six converted to freighter configuration with a large cargo door. The RAF agreed to fund development and work began on a prototype freighter, but the order was later cancelled in 1955 and the project stalled.

BOAC meanwhile was still in need of a long-range aircraft and ordered 15 Boeing 707s in 1956, which had range/passenger numbers very similar to the original VC-7 design. Had the RAF order not been cancelled, it is likely that the VC-7 would have been used in this role instead of the 707s, as they would have been available sooner.
RAF Service

The RAF also ordered the VC-10 after placing Specification 239 in 1960 for a strategic transport, which the Air Ministry placed with Vickers in 1961 for five aircraft. This version was a combination of the basic Standard-combi airframe with the larger wings from the Super, improving its short-field performance even further. They also included a probe on the nose for in-flight refuelling, which could be detached when not used. The order was later added to with an additional six in 1963, and then taking over the three that BOAC had cancelled in 1964. The first RAF plane, known to them as VC-10 C.1, was delivered for testing on November 26, 1965, with deliveries to No. 10 Squadron RAF beginning in December 1966 and ending in August 1968.

In 1978 the RAF started to investigate converting their VC-10 C1s to the air-refuelling role. British Aerospace was contracted to convert nine to start with. Eventually 13 of 14 C1s were converted, the fourteenth (Serial XR809) had been leased to Rolls-Royce plc for flight testing of their RB211 turbofan in 1969. A further 39 surplus airline aircraft were acquired, some being converted, others being stored for later conversion (13 eventually converted,) and still others being used for parts for the flying examples.

Today all surviving airworthy VC-10s serve as tanker/transports with No. 101 Squadron at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire and No. 1312 Flight at RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, making the RAF the sole and final operator of the VC-10. Preserved aircraft can be seen at Weybridge and at the former RAF airfield (now part of the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire, as well as at RAF Cosford, Shropshire, England. An example at the Brooklands Museum in Weybridge can be boarded.

The VC-10 and Lockheed Tristar will be replaced in RAF service by the Airbus A330 MRTT - under the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft Project.

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