Perhaps the most charismatic aircraft operated by East African. In 1965 EAA were looking for new aircraft to replace the Comets on the international routes. The choice was between the Boeing 707, DC8 and VC-10. With British government funding assistance the …

Thinking of the combi versions of the 747 and DC-10/MD-11 families that were later developed, and the services flown by EAA in what was essentially also a combi version of the Super VC10, this was one vision that became true.

Vickers VC-10 of EAA arriving at London Heathrow Airport from Nairobi in July 1973. In 1960, two Comets ordered by the corporation in 1958 were put into service on the London–Rome–Khartoum–Entebbe–Nairobi, London–Rome–Khartoum–Nairobi–Dar es Salaam, and Nairobi–Aden–Karachi–Bombay routes.

Sep 4, 2013 · ZA148 had a career spanning 46 years, initially serving as an airliner and then later being converted to an air-to-air tanker for the military. Manufactured as a Vickers Super VC10 Type 1154, construction number 883, it was one of three ordered by …

Dec 26, 2020 · The East African Airways Vickers Super VC10 had an unusual feature related to the way it mixed passengers and cargo. Know what it is? Find out here.

Captain Reg Cartwright carried out the first ever landing of a Super VC10 at Kai Tak airport and also the first landing of an EAA aircraft there. Left again after five hours on the ground and routed over Da Nang at 36,000 feet to stay clear of B-52 bombers carrying out missions from Guam.

Jointly owned by three governments, East African Airways was the only non-UK Super VC10 operator. The type was well suited to its operating conditions, but the airline struggled to compete with larger carriers and eventually collapsed, as Barry Lloyd explains.

Contract for purchase of three Super VC10s from BAC signed in Nairobi. First flight from Brooklands to Wisley. Delivery to EAA as 5Y-ADA, registered in Kenya. Aircraft delayed overnight at London with servicability problems with the Elliot-Bendix 200 series gyros. Suffered a four-engine flame-out at night over the Indian Ocean.

A feature of the later East African Airways livery was the three national flags on the fin - Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. 5X-UVA was the ill-fated Ugandan registered Super VC10 written off in the tragic accident at Addis Ababa on 18 April 1972.

For the EAA a passenger/cargo version was built, equipped with cargo door, designated as 1154, of which 5 were built. The BOAC took the Super VC10 out of service in early 1981, together with the VC10 they had carried 13 million passengers over …