Introduction
1. Edwards, G.R. Sir, ‘Looking Ahead with Hindsight’, 62nd Wilbur & Orville Wright Memorial Lecture, Royal Aeronautical Society, London, 6 Dec 1973.
Chapter 1
1. Barfield, N.A., Dr, Aircraft Engineering, BAC VC10 Supplement, Burnhill Publ Ltd, April 1965. pp. 4–8.
Chapter 2
1. Cole, Lance, Secrets of the Spitfire: The Story of Beverley Shenstone: The Man Who Perfected the Elliptical Wing, Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2012. pp. 235–236.
2. Gardner, R., From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Sir George Edwards OM, Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2006. pp. 50–59.
3. Cole, Lance, Secret Wings of World War II: Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race, Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2015.
4. Gardner, R., From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Sir George Edwards OM, Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2006. pp. 190–191.
5. Cole, Lance, Secret Wings of World War II: Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race, Pen and Sword, Barnsley 2015.
6. Williams, Paul, MP, Hansard Vol 547, cc 665–670, The House of Commons, London. 8.51p.m., 8 December 1955.
7. Shenstone, B.S., Private papers.
8. Evans, S.H., Correspondence to B.S. Shenstone at Kyrenia, Cyprus, 1956–1957.
9. Benn, A.W., Personal communication at the Wyvern Theatre, Swindon 2003.
Chapter 3
1. Pudney, John, The Seven Skies: A Study of BOAC and Its Forerunners since 1919, Putnam, London 1959. p. 18.
2. Gunn, J., Defeat of Distance, QANTAS University of Queensland Press cited by John Stackhouse, From the Dawn of Aviation: The Qantas Story 1920–1995, Focus Publ Pty, Sydney 1995.
3. Pudney, John, The Seven Skies: A Study of BOAC and Its Forerunners Since 1919, Putnam, London 1959. pp. 100–139.
4. Pudney, John, The Seven Skies: A Study of BOAC and Its Forerunners Since 1919, Putnam, London 1959. pp. 53–99.
5. British Airways Archive London.
6. Simms, Phillip, E., Adventurous Empires: The Story of the Short Empire Flying Boats, Airlife, Shrewsbury 2000.
7. Coster, Graham, Corsairville: The Lost Domain of the Flying Boat, Viking, London 2000. pp. 37–43.
8. Allen, R., A Pictorial History of KLM, Ian Allan 1978.
9. British Airways Archive London.
Chapter 4
1. Higham, R, Speedbird: The Complete Story of BOAC, I.B. Tauris Publ.
2. Higham, R, Speedbird: The Complete Story of BOAC, I.B. Tauris Publ.
3. Raymond, A.E., 1958 Albert Plesman Lecture.
4. Pudney, John, The Seven Skies: A Study of BOAC and Its Forerunners Since 1919, Putnam, London 1959. pp. 131–139.
5. British Airways Archive London.
6. Cunningham, J.C., Grp Cpt, Personal communications, Buckinghamshire 1999.
7. Davis, P.J., East African: An Airline Story, Runnymede Malthouse Publishing 1993 and personal communications.
8. Barfield, N., Dr, Vickers Report cited by Cole, Lance, F., Vickers VC10, The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 1999 and Personal communications.
9. Evans, S.H., Correspondence to B.S. Shenstone at Kyrenia, Cyprus, 1956–1957.
10. Wood, Derek, Project Cancelled, MacDonald Janes, London 1975 & 2nd Edition 1986.
Chapter 5
1. Evans, Stanley, H., Personal correspondence to B.S. Shenstone, Kyrenia 1956.
2. Myhra, David, Secret Aircraft Designs of the Third Reich, Schiffer Books, Atglen, PA 1998.
3. Cole, Lance, F., Vickers VC10, The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 1999, cited from Vickers archives at Brooklands.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
Chapter 6
1. Smallpiece, Basil, Sir, Of Comets and Queens, Airlife, Shrewsbury 1980.
2. Trubshaw, E.B., Personal communications, Gloucestershire 1998.
3. Hieminga, J., Personal communications and cited via M. Ungless at ‘A Little VC10derness’ (www.VC10.net).
4. Vickers archives Brooklands Museum Trust.
5. Gardner, R., From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Sir George Edwards OM, Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2006. p. 133.
6. Hieminga J., Personal communications and cited at ‘A Little VC10derness’ (www.VC10.net).
7. Hieminga J., Personal communications and cited via M. Ungless at ‘A Little VC10derness’ (www.VC10.net).
8. Cole, Lance, Vickers VC10: The Crowood Press, Ramsbury 1999.
9. Trubshaw, E.B., Personal communications, Gloucestershire 1999.
10. Aircraft Engineering, ‘Vickers VC10’, 1964.
11. Read, M., Personal communications, Wiltshire 2014.
12. Hieminga J., Personal communications and cited via M. Ungless at ‘A Little VC10derness’ (www.VC10.net).
Chapter 7
1. Hansard, 22 July 1964.
2. Higham, R, Speedbird: The Complete Story of BOAC, I.B. Tauris Publ p. 15–47.
3. Hansard, 2 December 1963, Vol 685, cc 786–913.
4. Ibid.
5. Widely cited and of note at: Gardner, R., From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Sir George Edwards OM, Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2006. p. 137.
6. Gardner, R., From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Sir George Edwards OM, Sutton Publishing, Stroud 2006. p. 224.
7. Stonehouse, John, Death of an Idealist, W.H. Allen, London 1975, p. 55.
8. Cole, L.F., Personal communications, 1998–2014.
9. Hieminga, J., Personal communications and cited at ‘A Little VC10derness’ (www.VC10.net).
10. Trubshaw, E.B., Personal communications, Gloucestershire 1998–2000.
11. Aeroplane Monthly, May 2003.
12. The Putnam Aeronautical Review, Issue Number One, May 1989, Editor J. Motum. pp. 3–38
13. Ibid.
Chapter 8
1. Pennel, L., Maynard, ‘Boeing Jet Tanker-Transport Design’, Aeronautical Engineering Review, Vol 13, No 8, August 1954, pp 32–36.
2. Gunn, J., High Corridors: QANTAS 1954–1970, University of Queensland Press cited by John Stackhouse, From the Dawn of Aviation: The Qantas Story 1920–1995, Focus Publ Pty, Sydney 1995.
3. Finnimore, J.R., VC10: ‘A Niche in History’, Putnam Aeronautical Review No1, May 1989. pp. 13–14.
4. British Airways Board, Appellant, v. The Boeing Company, Appellee. No. 76-3373. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Nov 8, 1978. George N. Tompkins (argued), of Condon & Forsyth, New York City, for appellant. Keith Gerrard (argued), of Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Seattle, Wash., for appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before Chambers and Hufstedler, Circuit Judges, and Renfrew, District Judge.
5. Hubler, R.G., Big Eight, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York 1960.
Chapter 9
1. Vickers archives at Brooklands Museum Trust and cited by Cole, Lance, F.
2. Vickers archives at Brooklands Museum Trust and cited by Cole, Lance, F.
3. Henderson, Scott, (with Walker, T.,) Silent Swift Superb: The Story of the Vickers VC10, Scoval Publ Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1998, p. 68–69.
4. Henderson, Scott, (with Walker, T.,) Silent Swift Superb: The Story of the Vickers VC10, Scoval Publ Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1998, p. 117. Also personal communications.
5. Davis, P. J., East African: An Airline Story, Runnymede Malthouse Publishing 1993.
6. Trubshaw, E., Brian, Personal communications, Cherrington, Gloucestershire 1998–2000.