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1963
1963 - 2097.PDF
FLIGHT International, 28 November 19$ HIS TAJ\'C£ X — X. 57 f- © Iliffe Transport Publications Ltd 1963 VICKERS-ARMSTRONGS VISCOUNT SERIES 810 reference drawing (see page 862 for key; text, page 897a) 'Flight International" operators Commercial Aircraft of the World of 5,545 e.h.p.—560 e.h.p. more than the Tyne 506. Flight references: January 9, 1959 (special issue); July 25, 1958, page 129. Production of the Vanguard ceased with delivery of the 43rd aircraft early in 1962. VC10 BOAC's intention to order this big jet transport—the heaviest aircraft ever to be put into production in Britain—was announced in May 1957, and a contract was signed in January 1958. Originally, the order was for 35 VClOs with an option on a further 20. In June, 1960, a contract was signed for ten Super VClOs with an option on a further ten. The Super VC10, as it was then envisaged, was a very large aircraft, stretched by some 27ft, and with maximum seating for 212 passengers, 60 more than in the standard VC10. Towards the end of 1960 BOAC fundament ally revised their VC10 orders, asking Vickers to reduce the size of the Super VC10, and to make it available on the production line as the sixteenth aircraft, i.e. after production of only 15, instead of 35, standard VClOs. In January 1962 these plans were again revised to provide for delivery of 12 standard VClOs and 30 "less super" Super VClOs. The Super VC10, as it is now being built, has slightly more powerful Conway 43s, and a 13ft longer fuselage with seating for up to 175. Delivery of the 12 standard VClOs to BOAC will be completed by mid-1964; delivery of 30 Supers is due to start in October 1964 and to be completed in October 1966. The effect of the design and contractual amendments to the Super VC10 programme in 1960 and 1961 is that BOAC will have a bigger capacity version of the VC10 in service sooner, and one that is not so large or (from the runway point of view) as inflexible as the original Super VC10. However, the Super VClO's range is Model of the WFC-614, Weser Flugzeugbau's DC-3 replacement project not substantially different from that of th standard aircraft. The first VC10 (owned by Vickers) first flei on June 29, 1962. Seven VClOs are nov flying, and on October 24, the fifth aircraf started a l,000hr route-proving programs aimed at an introduction to service in Apri 1964. In March this year Vickers announce that modifications would be made to the engim nacelle structure to overcome excessive drag Some of these modifications have been tested on a standard VC10 with more span. The fal modifications includingmovingtheenginesout board will only be applied to the Super VCIO Apart from BOAC, orders have been placed by Ghana Airways (three standard VClOs) British United (two standard VClOs, incor porating a large freight door), and by the RAF (eleven Super type VClOs. with standard fuselage). Manufacture of the RAF aircrafl will be shared by Short Bros & Harland Ltd. At the end of September this year, B0AC and Vickers announced that eight of the Cor poration's 30 Super VClOs on order are to be delivered as mixed passenger/freighter, aircraft. The Super VC10 Mixed Tram version will have a 140in X 84in do°r"^ port side, similar to the standard vclol BUA and the RAF, and a strengthened.not with extra seat rails and a ball mat inside t^ doorway to permit easy loading and convers between combinations of five 108i'i A 1 pallets and 93 passengers, or 12 PalletL, goo extra flexibility costs approximately "W, on the price of a Super VC10. A list of VC10 orders appears on page GmbH., % June WESER Weser Flugzeugbau Bremen 13, Postfach, Germany. WFG-614 At the Paris Salon Weser announced this promising twm ^ ing PLF1B-2 turbofan mixed-traffic replacement. Unusual features d "' ,0, are: the engine mounting on a sno -.^ above the wing trailing edge; and ttie nose to allow easy loading of chicles- Plans have not yet assembly of a prototype. adin vehicles, been announced tot
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