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17 November 1967 |
First flight. |
1 December 1967 |
Handover to RAF 10 Squadron as XV106. |
11 November 1968 |
Named 'Thomas Mottershead VC' in a ceremony at RAF Brize Norton. |
12 August 1971 |
Operated from RAF Brize Norton to RAF Muharraq, Bahrain, captained by Sqn.Ldr. Baker. First VC10 flight for Robert Whittingham. |
September 1973 |
Flew to Dallas to celebrate the opening of the new Dallas-Fort Worth International airport. |
October 1973 |
Operated from RAF Akrotiri to RAF Brize Norton carrying commemorative covers. |
14 February 1975 |
Operated RAF Akrotiri to RAF Brize Norton, flying time 5hrs. |
26 May 1977 |
Took part in a Royal flypast rehearsal. |
27th July 1979 |
Flew HM The Queen, with Prince Philip and Prince Andrew, to Lusaka so that she could attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting. |
3 April 1982 |
Flew from Brize Norton to Montevideo in Uruguay (via a technical stop at Ascension Island) to collect the Governor of the Falkland Islands, Rex Hunt, and the captured Royal Marines from NP8901. Initial involvement of 10 Squadron in Falklands War. |
4 December 1982 |
Operated RAF Brize Norton to Calgary, Canada. Flying time 8:45hrs. |
11 December 1982 |
Operated Calgary to RAF Brize Norton via Keflavik and Gutersloh. Total flying time 10:10hrs. |
16-19 July 1987 |
Present at International Air Tattoo 1987 at RAF Fairford |
4 May 1994 |
First flight after conversion to C1K tanker/transport. |
9 May 1994 |
Delivery to 10 Squadron as C1K. |
14 October 2005 |
Transferred to 101 Squadron upon disbandment of 10 Squadron, allocated letter 'W'. |
December 2007 |
XV106 spotted at Maastricht Airport, The Netherlands, for a repaint. |
14 June 2008 |
Took part in HM The Queen's Birthday Flypast over Buckingham Palace. Flew in formation with E-3D Sentry ZH103 and Tornado F3s ZA764 and ZA887. |
26-27 June 2010 |
Performed flypasts at Biggin Hill Air Fair, stayed overnight. |
19 May 2012 |
Took part in Diamond Jubilee flypast over Windsor, in formation with two Tornado GR4s. |
7 November 2012 |
Aircraft withdrawn from service, flown to Bruntingthorpe on its final flight (together with XV108), landing at 10:56LT. Total time: 42193.25 hours. |
August 2013 |
Airframe scrapped at Bruntingthorpe, cockpit and fuselage section retained in storage. |
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8 September 2016 |
The nose section of XV106 was moved to Woodford and installed at the Avro Museum Woodford. |
22 September 2016 |
Refuelling probe reinstalled on the nose section. |
14 June 2019 |
Fuselage section moved to SWAM St. Athan. |