Preparations are under way to move BAC-built Vickers VC10 C1K XR808 from Bruntingthorpe to RAF Museum Cosford. Gary Spoors' GJD Services, a specialist maintenance and aircraft salvage company, is leading the dismantling of the aircraft. The same team will reassemble the aircraft when it arrives at Cosford. The VC10 is scheduled to leave Bruntingthorpe in mid-June, the fuselage being transported by road in two main sections. Once at its destination it will be positioned on the airfield until the inner wings and undercarriage have been mated with the fuselage. The jet will then be towed to its final site at the museum where the back end of the fuselage, outer wings and tail section will be reattached. The process is likely to be completed by October, by which point the VC10 will be in care of the museum's conservation team, led by Darren Priday who previously worked on XR808 during his time as an RAF fitter with 10 Sqn.
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