Airbus has adopted a completely new philosophy for the attachment of the A350 XWB’s main landing gear as part of the switch to a composite wing structure. The solution it has developed borrows from ...

Just because it’s based on a crazy idea or has a more unusual appearance doesn’t mean it’s wrong – or, in the case of Steve Jones, impossible. A former RAF engineer, Jones had always dreamed of a very ...

The U.K. Royal Air Force has retired the last of its vintage Vickers VC10 aerial refueling tankers, which opens an unlikely capability gap. For almost 50 years, the VC10 provided strategic transport, ...

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The U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF) is ending its association with the Vickers VC10 airliner this week, 47 years after the type entered service. The previous two VC10 tankers, Nos. ZA147 and ZA150, flew ...

The Royal Air Force's Vickers VC10 tanker squadron is preparing for the final rundown of its fleet as it works towards a planned March 2013 retirement of the 1960s transport design. RAF Brize ...