Vickers VC10 variant
Vickers VC10 VC10 C.1K
Conversion of the C.1s into two-point tanker-transports, without cabin tanks. Thirteen aircraft converted between the 1980s and 1990s.
- 13
- Units built
- 150
- Passengers
History
Transport and tanker at once
During the 1980s and early 1990s the thirteen surviving C.1s received wing-mounted refuelling pods and were redesignated VC10 C.1K, two-point tanker-transports. No extra cabin tanks were fitted: the fuel load remained the original 70 tonnes. The conversions were carried out by FR Aviation at Hurn Airport, near Bournemouth.
A recovered detail
The in-flight refuelling probe was original equipment, but had been removed during the 1970s and 1980s for lack of use; it had to be refitted before conversion. Replacing the Conway engines with IAE V2500s was also studied but proved uneconomic. The last C.1 entered conversion in November 1995.
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