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FlightCraft 20: Vickers VC10 and Super VC10 by Lance Cole (2020, Trade...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Series
- Flightcraft Ser.
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Illustrated
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781526760067
- Book Title
- Vickers Vc10 and Super Vc10
- Item Length
- 11.5 in
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books The Limited
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Transportation, History
- Topic
- Aviation / General, Aviation / History, Military / Aviation
- Item Width
- 8.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 84 Pages
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Designed and manufactured by the men who would make Concorde, the Rolls-Royce powered Vickers VC10, and its larger variant, the Super VC10, represented the ultimate in 1960s subsonic airliners. The VC10 was Britain's answer to the Boeing 707 and the Douglas DC-8.The VC10 was a second-generation jetliner designed in the 1960s and manufactured into the 1970s. It incorporated advanced engineering, new aerodynamics, and design features, to produce a swept, sculpted machine easily identifiable by its high T-tail design and rear-engine configuration.The VC10 could take off in a very short distance, climb more steeply and land at slower speed than its rivals the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. These were vital safety benefits in the early years of the jet age. At one stage, the Super VC10 was the biggest airliner made in Europe and the fastest in the world.On entry into service, both the VC10 and the longer Super VC10 carved out a niche with passengers who enjoyed the speed, silence and elegance of the airliner. Pilots, meanwhile, loved its ease of flying and extra power. Yet the VC10 project was embroiled in political and corporate machinations across many years and more than one government. BOAC got what they asked for but went on to criticize the VC10 for not being a 707 - which was a different beast entirely. Questions were asked in parliament and the whole story was enmeshed in a political and corporate affair that signified the end of British big airliner production. Yet the men who made the VC10 also went on to design and build Concorde. Many VC10 pilots became Concorde pilots.In service until the 1980s with British Airways, and until 2013 with the RAF, the VC10 became a British icon and a national hero, one only eclipsed by Concorde. It remains an enthusiast's hero.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1526760061
ISBN-13
9781526760067
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9038532872
Product Key Features
Book Title
Vickers Vc10 and Super Vc10
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Aviation / General, Aviation / History, Military / Aviation
Book Series
Flightcraft Ser.
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Number of Pages
84 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11.5 in
Item Width
8.2 in
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
20
Reviews
The book can easily be read from cover-to-cover but can also be enjoyed as a coffee table book where a quick ten minutes looking at the photographs will take you back to the golden age of jet travel., This book is written by a real enthusiast of the type and that becomes very clear as one starts reading. His coverage of the background and development of the aircraft shows that he's done his research., The images are awesome and give a lot of useful views for modelers and anyone interested in this aircraft.
Copyright Date
2020
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
629.1/33349
Dewey Edition
21
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