Glad you like the photos, I thought they were worth sharing.

No, the Voyager went u/s after a lightning strike so we got airborne in a TriStar with 57 tons to offload. 4 Squadrons sent Typhoons to play so we tanked for almost 3 hours. Shame really, because I had hoped to get photos of Typhoons "contacting the hose" as the Voyager has wing pods, the TS has only centerline HDU. I had never seen fighters (Lightnings) on the hose when I was flying Victor tankers, they couldn't be seen from the Victor cockpit.

Air Tanker showed us a brand new A330 tanker in their brand new hangar !

Lunch in the mess with the Stn Cdr was abandoned for the sortie so we had a snack pack airborne, RAF crew food has not improved since I left, but no matter !

It was a bit nostalgic when they took us to a VC10 because they are going out of service in a few weeks, the end of an era for this marvellous aeroplane which I had spent 6 years flying with BA. Made me feel really old when it was emphasised how long the 10 had been in service, I remember it well as I (dry) refuelled the first VC1O tanking trial in October 1966 (from Victor 1a XH 651 ) !

Here's a picture of the old girl and her internal tank.

Wonderful day out, the RAF is in good hands !

Back to reality, work on my JWM hawk !

Regards, David.

PS Camera used was Canon EOS 50.