'Iconic' historic jet dismantled for museum display

The aircraft is being dismantled so it can be reassembled at the RAF Museum at Cosford in Shropshire. Credit: ITV News Central

An iconic British built VC10 airliner is being dismantled at its home at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire ready for a move to the RAF Museum at Cosford in Shropshire.

Only 54 long-distance VC10's were built during the 1960s by Vickers-Armstrongs.

The plane still holds the record for the fastest ever sub-sonic London to New York crossing - 5 hours and 1 minute.

The Vickers VC10 was a long-range British airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at Brooklands, Surrey, in 1962. T

Although only a relatively small number of VC10s were built, they provided long service with BOAC and other airlines from the 1960s to 1981.

They were also used from 1965 as strategic air lifters for the Royal Air Force, and ex-passenger models and others were used as aerial refuelling aircraft.