AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1962

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Vickers VC10

Fastest Atlantic crossing by a subsonic airliner — a record it holds because everyone else stopped trying. Ended as a tanker. The gazetteer currently lists it at 6 UK museums.

1962
First flight
54
Built
580 mph
Top speed
6
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Vickers VC10 in the UK

The gazetteer records 11 Vickers VC10 airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 6 UK collections, in 5 regions: London & Around, East of England, Northern England, Wales, Midlands & Lincolnshire.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Avro Heritage MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Stockport Northern England Vickers VC10 C1K cockpit section (on loan) XV106 Cockpit or section
Brooklands MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Weybridge London & Around Vickers VC10 (ex-Sultan of Oman, marked A4O-AB) G-ASIX
Vickers VC10 fuselage G-ARVM
Vickers VC10 forward fuselage test section Cockpit or section
East Midlands AeroparkChecked 2026-10-08 Derby Midlands & Lincolnshire Vickers VC10 forward section XV108 Cockpit or section
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England BAC Super VC10 G-ASGC
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire Vickers VC10 C.1K XR808
South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Barry Wales Vickers VC10 K.3 forward fuselage ZA148 Cockpit or section
Vickers VC10 C.1K cockpit section XV104 Cockpit or section
Vickers VC10 C.1K nose section XV109 Cockpit or section
Vickers VC10 C.1K centre fuselage section XV106 Cockpit or section

3D model

The Standard VC10 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-ASIX, a Standard VC10 Type 1103 built for British United Airways and first flown at Weybridge on 17 October 1964, flown by British Caledonian from 1970 and from 1974 by the Sultan of Oman’s Royal Flight as A4O-AB, in which marks it made the last civil VC10 flight when it landed at Brooklands on 6 July 1987: all-over white with a green-over-red cheatline beneath the cabin windows that sweeps down and round the radome, the same stripes along each pair of Conway nacelles, the flag of Oman on the fin, a red-and-green crest behind the cockpit side windows, ‘A4O-AB’ in black on the rear fuselage and red blanks in the intakes and jet pipes, as it is displayed at Brooklands Museum, Weybridge. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.5 MB) · Plate 180 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Hawker Hunter, Avro Vulcan, Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Canberra, Gloster Meteor.

Where the type is thickest

Midlands & Lincolnshire has 2 collections recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

BAC Super VC10; Vickers VC10 (ex-Sultan of Oman, marked A4O-AB); Vickers VC10 C.1K; Vickers VC10 C.1K centre fuselage section; Vickers VC10 C.1K cockpit section; Vickers VC10 C.1K nose section; Vickers VC10 C1K cockpit section (on loan); Vickers VC10 K.3 forward fuselage.

Type notes

The Vickers VC10 in brief

TypeVickers VC10 (+ Super VC10)
UK museums holding one6
Airframes recorded in this survey11

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Vickers VC10 airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 11 Vickers VC10 airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Vickers VC10 airframes?

South Wales Aviation Museum has the most in this survey, with 4 recorded airframes.