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Iain Rae wrote:
Spiv wrote:
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The Chinese bought the VC10. In 1980 they ordered more planes after being
fully satisfied with the planes performance and running costs. Vickers were
facing opened up the production line after 11 years.

have you got a cite for that I've never heard of the chinese operating
the VC10 never mind trying to buy more (apart from anything else I'd
have half expected the RAF to but new airframes if the production line
was opening up again).

I think he's thinking of the De Havilland Trident, which the Chinese
certainly used extensively (and built under licence). Pretty sure the
VC10 wsn't sold there (or many other places [1]).

[1] Though the Ilyshin-62 certainly suggests - by eye at least - that
someone had taken a long, hard look at a Super VC10 before picking
up their pencil.

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