Notes:

Part of a group of three cannibalised carcasses of RAF VC10s, retired within weeks of each other at the end of 2005, seen at East Site, RAF St Athan, in April 2006. On the left is XR810, the fifth of the original fourteen C.1s delivered to 10 Squadron between 1966 and 1968. ZD240 was Super VC10 G-ASGL before acquisition by the RAF in the early ‘eighties.

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ZD240 - Vickers Super VC-10 K.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Out over the North Sea

Turnandslip Photography ZD240
5,749 1 0 Vickers Super VC-10 K.4
ZD240 - Vickers Super VC-10 K.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Seen on the 2000 Brize Norton photo call

Joop de Groot ZD240
2,190 0 0 Vickers Super VC-10 K.4
ZD240 - Vickers Super VC-10 K.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

A few months after the photo was taken this aircraft was withdrawn from service and flown to St

Brian Matthews ZD240
1,768 0 0 Vickers Super VC-10 K.4

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LN-RRD - Boeing 737-683 - Untitled

End of line for MSN 28301 [1600 pix]

R Skywalker LN-RRD
726 2 0 Boeing 737-683
VP-BDY - Airbus A319-112 - Vim Airlines

R Skywalker VP-BDY
337 3 0 Airbus A319-112
5H-FJF - Airbus A319-131 - Fastjet

Sad sight, another Airbus waiting for the axemen [1600 pix]

R Skywalker 5H-FJF
1,976 7 0 Airbus A319-131

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G-JMAW - Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air - Private

One of Martin Baker’s King Air 250s is seen here at its base at Chalgrove

Michael Brazier G-JMAW
1,461 1 0 Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air
G-BGRE - Beechcraft 200 Super King Air - Private

One of Martin Baker’s King Air 250s is seen here at its base at Chalgrove

Michael Brazier G-BGRE
861 0 0 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
WL419 - Gloster Meteor T.7 - Martin Baker Aircraft

Martin Baker’s Meteors WL419 and WA638 have been operated by the company for ejection seat trials since 1952

Michael Brazier WL419
1,407 1 0 Gloster Meteor T.7

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ZD240

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Apr 06, 2006

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Notes

Part of a group of three cannibalised carcasses of RAF VC10s, retired within weeks of each other at the end of 2005, seen at East Site, RAF St Athan, in April 2006. On the left is XR810, the fifth of the original fourteen C.1s delivered to 10 Squadron between 1966 and 1968. ZD240 was Super VC10 G-ASGL before acquisition by the RAF in the early ‘eighties.

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ZD240 - Vickers Super VC-10 K.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Out over the North Sea

Turnandslip Photography ZD240
5,749 1 0 Vickers Super VC-10 K.4
ZD240 - Vickers Super VC-10 K.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

Seen on the 2000 Brize Norton photo call

Joop de Groot ZD240
2,190 0 0 Vickers Super VC-10 K.4
ZD240 - Vickers Super VC-10 K.4 - United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF)

A few months after the photo was taken this aircraft was withdrawn from service and flown to St

Brian Matthews ZD240
1,768 0 0 Vickers Super VC-10 K.4
LN-RRD - Boeing 737-683 - Untitled

End of line for MSN 28301 [1600 pix]

R Skywalker LN-RRD
726 2 0 Boeing 737-683
VP-BDY - Airbus A319-112 - Vim Airlines

R Skywalker VP-BDY
337 3 0 Airbus A319-112
5H-FJF - Airbus A319-131 - Fastjet

Sad sight, another Airbus waiting for the axemen [1600 pix]

R Skywalker 5H-FJF
1,976 7 0 Airbus A319-131
G-JMAW - Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air - Private

One of Martin Baker’s King Air 250s is seen here at its base at Chalgrove

Michael Brazier G-JMAW
1,461 1 0 Beechcraft B200GT Super King Air
G-BGRE - Beechcraft 200 Super King Air - Private

One of Martin Baker’s King Air 250s is seen here at its base at Chalgrove

Michael Brazier G-BGRE
861 0 0 Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
WL419 - Gloster Meteor T.7 - Martin Baker Aircraft

Martin Baker’s Meteors WL419 and WA638 have been operated by the company for ejection seat trials since 1952

Michael Brazier WL419
1,407 1 0 Gloster Meteor T.7
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