Early long-range jet airliners transformed global travel. Explore how the 707, DC-8, VC10, and Il-62 reshaped ...

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, ...

Airbus has adopted a completely new philosophy for the attachment of the A350 XWB’s main landing gear as part of the switch to a composite wing structure. The solution it has developed borrows from ...

The last Vickers VC10 built in the UK was flown to Dunsfold after being retired by the RAF this week. The aircraft, serial number ZA150, took its final flight on Tuesday (September 24) from Brize ...

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 ...

On their final flight the VC10s refuelled a Eurofighter Typhoon, Tornado GR4, Hercules, Boeing E-3 Sentry as well as each other The RAF's last Vickers VC10 jetliners have completed their final mission ...