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==Aircraft on display== ===Exhibited in its original form=== [[File:OmanVC10.jpg|thumb|Former Omani Royal Flight VC10 on display at the [[Brooklands Museum]]]] * Type 1101 (registration G-ARVF) is on display in [[United Arab Emirates]] government colours at the [[Flugausstellung Hermeskeil]] at [[Hermeskeil]], Germany.<ref>[http://www.flugausstellung.de/flugzeuge.html "Flugzeuge Flugausstellung Peter Junior"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231084758/http://www.flugausstellung.de/flugzeuge.html |date=31 December 2015 }} ''Flugausstellung Junior'', Retrieved: 19 October 2015.</ref> * Type 1103 (registration A4O-AB, formerly G-ASIX), originally owned by British United Airways before being sold to British Caledonian, it was later sold to the Omani government where it was used from 1974 to 1987 by the [[Sultan of Oman]] as his personal jet. On display in Omani Royal Flight colours at the [[Brooklands Museum]], Surrey, England.<ref>[http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-1103-vc10-ex-g-asix-a4o-ab-1964/ "Vickers 1103 VC10 ex G-ASIX/A4O-AB (1964)."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321201416/http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?%2Fexplore%2Fvickers-1103-vc10-ex-g-asix-a4o-ab-1964%2F |date=21 March 2014 }} ''Brooklands Museum'', Retrieved: 15 March 2013.</ref> [[File:VC10 IWM Duxford.jpg|thumb|Super VC10 G-ASGC at [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]]]] * Type 1151 (registration G-ASGC) is on display in [[BOAC-Cunard]] colours at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford|Imperial War Museum, Duxford]], Cambridgeshire, England.<ref>[http://www.das.org.uk/Vickers%20Super%20VC10%20Type%201151%20G-ASGC.htm "Vickers Super VC10 Type 1151 G-ASGC."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316020502/http://www.das.org.uk/Vickers%20Super%20VC10%20Type%201151%20G-ASGC.htm |date=16 March 2014 }} ''Duxford Aviation Society'', Retrieved: 15 March 2013.</ref> * Type 1180 C.1K XR808 "Bob" is on display outside at the [[Royal Air Force Museum Cosford]].<ref>[http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/whats-going-on/news/vc10-xr808-prepares-for-final-move-to-cosford/ "VC10 XR808 prepares for final move to Cosford"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524051144/http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/whats-going-on/news/vc10-xr808-prepares-for-final-move-to-cosford |date=24 May 2015 }} 6 May 2015 RAF Museum</ref> * Type 1164 K.3 ZA150 c/n 885 formerly with East African Airways Type 1154 5H-MOG (and the last VC10 built) was delivered to [[Dunsfold Aerodrome]], Surrey on 24 September 2013 where it was preserved in taxiable condition by [[Brooklands Museum]].<ref>[http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/news/story/queen-of-the-skies-retires-to-dunsfold-park/ "‘Queen of the Skies’ retires to Dunsfold Park."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316011556/http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Fqueen-of-the-skies-retires-to-dunsfold-park%2F|date=16 March 2014}} ''Brooklands Museum'', 24 September 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/news/story/vc10-stuns-crowds-at-wings-and-wheels-2015/%20%5B|title=Brooklands Museum|website=www.brooklandsmuseum.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611102921/http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fstory%2Fvc10-stuns-crowds-at-wings-and-wheels-2015%2F%20%5B|archive-date=11 June 2016|url-status=live|access-date=2015-09-10|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In August 2020 the airframe was sold to Kepler Aerospace with aims to operate it as a tanker in the US.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-24 |title=Kepler Aerospace aims to get former RAF VC10 flying again |url=https://ukaviation.news/kepler-aerospace-aims-to-get-former-raf-vc10-flying-again/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=UK Aviation News |language=en-GB}}</ref> ===Exhibition of nose or fuselage only=== * Type 1101 (registration G-ARVM) (fuselage only with a comprehensive VC10 Exhibition housed in the rear cabin) at [[Brooklands Museum]], Surrey, England.<ref>[http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/explore/vickers-1103-vc10-ex-g-asix-a4o-ab-1964/ "Vickers 1101 VC10 G-ARVM (1964)."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321201416/http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?%2Fexplore%2Fvickers-1103-vc10-ex-g-asix-a4o-ab-1964%2F |date=21 March 2014 }} ''Brooklands Museum'', Retrieved: 13 April 2015.</ref> * Type 1180 C.1K XV106 (forward fuselage) on public display at [[Avro Heritage Museum]], Woodford.<ref>[http://avroheritagemuseum.co.uk/vc10/ "Avro Heritage Museum - Vickers VC10 XV106"] 18 December 2018 Avro Heritage Museum</ref> * Type 1180 C.1K XV108 (forward fuselage) on public display at [[East Midlands Aeropark]].<ref>[http://www.eastmidlandsaeropark.org/aeropark-exhibits.html "East Midlands Aeropark - Aeropark Exhibits"] 18 December 2018 East Midlands Aeropark</ref> [[File:ZD241.jpg|thumb|Super VC10 K.4 ZD241 on display at Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, Leicestershire. This airframe was scrapped in 2022.]] *Type 1164 K.3 ZA148 c/n 883 formerly with East African Airways Type 1154 5Y-ADA (forward fuselage), delivered to the [[Classic Air Force]] collection at Newquay, Cornwall, 28 August 2013.<ref>[http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/08/28/news-ex-raf-vickers-vc10-k3-za148-joins-classic-air-force-collection/ "Aviation News – Ex-RAF Vickers VC10 K.3 ZA148 Joins Classic Air Force Collection."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316020351/http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/08/28/news-ex-raf-vickers-vc10-k3-za148-joins-classic-air-force-collection/ |date=16 March 2014 }} ''Global Aviation Resource'', 28 August 2013.</ref> Airframe scrapped October 2023, forward fuselage moved to [[South Wales Aviation Museum]] (SWAM).<ref>[https://cardiffstathan.blogspot.com/p/gjd-aerotech.html] "South Wales Aviation Group: St Athan - GJD Aviation Services" 17 November 2023</ref> * Type 1164 K.3 ZA149 c/n 884 formerly with East African Airways Type 1154 5X-UVJ (forward fuselage), on display at [[Mahatta Fort#Al Mahatta Museum|Al Mahatta Museum]], [[Sharjah]], in Gulf Air colour scheme.<ref>[https://www.sharjah24.ae/en/sharjah/169333-al-mahatta-museum-showcases-historical-vickers-vc10- "Al Mahatta Museum showcases historical Vickers VC10”] 7 November 2016 (retrieved 18 December 2018) Sharjah24.ae</ref>
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