Dedicated to Sir George Edwards and his band of brothers at Vickers. Long may their excellence and exploits be remembered. Their spirit lives on at the Brooklands Museum. Also to the artist Valerie Shirley (Sale), SWLA, who taught me so much and who loved VC10s.

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