This RAF VC-10 (ZA148) tanker aircraft will be retired shortly after this shot is taken.
Some details about this Vickers VC-10:
C/n 883
Registration when delivered to East African Airways in 1967 was 5Y-ADA.
Registration with Royal Air Force was ZA148.
The Vickers VC-10 is a narrow-body commercial aircraft manufactured by the British company Vickers-Armstrong. VC stands for Vickers Commercial.
The aircraft was powered by four engines attached to the rear of the fuselage. The VC-10 made its first flight on June 29, 1962, and less than two years later the aircraft was flying for BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation, later renamed British Airways). The Royal Air Force converted many civilian aircraft to tanker aircraft and did not retire them until 2013.
I took this photo on July 22, 2013 at RAF Fairford.
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