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Vickers VC-10 K3, ZA149 - Approach + Touch-and-Go @ RAF Royal Air Force Brize Norton on April 10th 2012

Vickers VC-10 K3 - c/n 883 - 5X-UVJ - ZA149

Timeline:

Date
19.04.1969 First flight from Brooklands to Wisley.
30.04.1969 Delivery to EAA as 5X-UVJ, registered in Uganda. Aircraft left London in the evening for Nairobi.
31.07.1969 Modified with a special compartment in the cargo area for Pope Paul VI. Carried the Pope from Rome to Entebbe on the first visit to Africa of a reigning pontiff. Crewed by Captain G. Mitchell, Captain Ian Ainscow, F/O David Dempster, Flight Navigator D.J. Griffiths, E/O Tim Nightingale.
02.08.1969 Carried Pope Paul VI back to Rome from Entebbe.
19.08.1970 During a night flight from Entebbe to Frankfurt a cat walked out from behind the Flight engineers panel. A search at Frankfurt and later at London did not reveal its whereabouts at first but when it was found it was thought that it had been living in the aircraft for some two weeks.
07.07.1973 The Super VC10 was chartered to fly 110 members of the Peace Corps from London Gatwick to Bujumbara, Zaire. After an intermediate stop and departure at Entebbe the aircraft was ordered to return to Entebbe by Idi Amin. After 27 hours on the ground the aircraft and crew were allowed to leave for Nairobi, without the passengers.
07.07.1974 After a night flight to Frankfurt from Nairobi the no.4 engine was damaged by a catering truck which was lodged underneath it. After parking it at a different spot a set of steps was also towed into the left wingtip. After some patching a three engined ferry to London followed where the damage was repaired.
28.01.1977 VC10s parked up at Embakasi airport upon collapse of EAA.
26.07.1977 Ferried to Filton from Nairobi by Captain Eddie MacNamara, BAC Pilot John Cochran, N/O Claude Scott, F/E Denis Akery and supernumerary F/E Alan Hayward.
30.09.1978 Sold to RAF for conversion to tanker.
25.03 1985 First flight from Filton as a K3 tanker.
14.05.1985 Delivery to 101 Squadron as ZA149, letter 'H' on the fin.
21.01.1987 First air-to-air refuelling of a full passenger aircraft when fuel was offloaded to a 10 Squadron VC10 C1 carrying 129 troops of the 5th airborne brigade to Oman.
13.03.1991 Returned to RAF Brize Norton in formation with ZA141, ZA142 and ZA143 after 101 Squadron's detachment to Riyadh. Flew from Riyadh to Palermo, refuelling Tornado F3s along the way and then to Brize Norton. Carried commemorative covers.
xx.07.1992 While at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, crews decide to commemorate the Squadron's 75th anniversary and add special markings to ZA149's tail.
Early 1994 Left for Chateauroux, France for a repaint. Returning in all over blue-grey with a light blue 'go-faster' stripe and white Royal Air Force titling, the scheme was not approved by 101 Squadron personnel.
xx.06.1994 Repainted into the final grey colourscheme according to most accounts.
xx.08.1995 Flown to Waterkloof, South Africa, by Wing Commander Ollis for the first joint RAF/SAAF AAR training exercise.
July 1999 Named after Lt. Dougie Anderson, last surviving WWI 101 Squadron member, who passed away aged 99 on 10th July 1999.
xx.01.2001 Name 'Edward Mannock VC' transferred due to retirement of XV103.
xx.02.2011 Flown to Toulouse for Airbus A400M AAR trials. Only dry contacts were made.
01.11.2011 Returned from Trapani, Sicily, to RAF Brize Norton. This was the end of the Op DEFERENCE/ELLAMY detachment for 101 Sqn.
xx.02.2012 Name 'James Nicolson VC' transferred due to retirement of XV107.
18.03.2013 Final flight. Flew from RAF Brize Norton to Bruntingthorpe, landing after several gear up passes and one low approach at 13:30.
23.03.2016 After conversion into a Gulf Air scheme and interior, the forward fuselage of ZA149 leaves Bruntingthorpe for a long sea and road journey to the Al Mahatta museum in Sharjah, UAE.
30.04.2016 Front fuselage is unloaded at Khor Fakkan and is driven to the Al Mahatta museum overnight.
26.05.2016 Installation at the museum is finished, all the building work is complete and the VC10 is ready to receive visitors.
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