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Super VC10 Navigation & Performance Manual

In this section you will find scans of selected pages from the East African Airways Super VC10 Navigation & Performance Manual. These scans were kindly provided by P. Robinson, and are presented here to give an insight into the planning stages of a VC10 flight. Also those who wish to make their Microsoft Flight Simulator experience a bit more complicated may wish to examine these charts. In time I might add some explanations to the pages about the various graphs and tables.

This data is presented for informational purposes only, nothing in this section should ever be used for any real-world flight planning or flying! Take note: the images on these pages are large, slow loading times can be expected!

Index to pages:

1-2-9 Take-off Minima, Basle to Birmingham
1-2-10 Take-off Minima, Blantyre to Bombay
1-2-11 Take-off Minima, Brazzaville to Brussels
1-2-12 Take-off Minima, Bujumbura to Cairo
1-2-13 Take-off Minima, Cologne to Dar-Es-Salaam
1-2-14 Take-off Minima, Delhi to Entebbe
1-2-15 Take-off Minima, Frankfurt to Jeddah
1-2-16 Take-off Minima, Karachi to Livingstone
1-5-3 4. RE PLANNING IN FLIGHT
1-5-4 5. FLIGHT PLANNING TABLES
5.1 Climb
5.2 Cruise
5.3 Low level cruise
5.4 Descent
5.5 Diversion
1-5-5 5.6 Holding
5.7 Changes in AUW after completing a flight plan
5.8 Operational procedures
1-5-6 5.9 3-engined ferry
5.10 fifth engine ferry
5.11 Landing gear down ferry
5.12 Other limitations affecting planning
1-5-7 5.12 Other limitations affecting planning
1-5-8 ROUTE INFORMATION
2-1-1 WIND VECTOR DIAGRAM
2-2-7 V1 CORRECTIONS
2-2-8 NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES
2-2-15 TAKE OFF & THRESHOLD SPEEDS
2-2-16 EBB 1 Take-off weight limits Entebbe RW12
2-2-16 EBB 2 Take-off weight limits Entebbe RW30
2-2-16 FIU 1 Take-off weight limits Fiumicino (Rome) RW07
2-2-16 FIU 2 Take-off weight limits Fiumicino (Rome) RW25
2-2-16 LGW 1 Take-off weight limits London Gatwick RW09/27
2-2-16 LHR 1 Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW10R/28L
2-2-16 LHR 2 Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW10R (day - noise abatement TO)
2-2-16 LHR 3 Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW10L/28R
2-2-16 LHR 4 (replaced) Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW10L (day - noise abatement TO)
replaced by LHR 4 below, but shown here for differences
2-2-16 LHR 4 Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW10L (day - noise abatement TO)
2-2-16 LHR 5 Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW05R/23L
2-2-16 LHR 7 Take-off weight limits London Heathrow RW15R/33L (night)
2-2-16 NBO 1 Take-off weight limits Nairobi RW06
2-2-16 NBO 2 Take-off weight limits Nairobi RW24
2-2-16 NBO 3 Take-off weight limits Nairobi RW06 (Flaps 14½°)
2-2-16 NBO 4 Take-off weight limits Nairobi RW24 (Flaps 14½°)
2-2-16 ZUR 3 Take-off weight limits Zurich RW34 (from taxiway)
2-2-16 ZUR 4 Take-off weight limits Zurich RW10
2-2-16 ZUR 5 Take-off weight limits Zurich RW28
3-1-1 Drift and wind component table - climb 350 kts
3-1-2 Drift and wind component table - cruise 480 kts
3-2-1 Indicated Mach number to TAS conversion graph
3-2-2 Indicated Mach number to IAS conversion graph
3-3-3 Fuel and time figures for climb phase
3-3-4 Fuel and time figures for climb phase
3-3-5 Fuel and time figures for climb phase
3-3-6 Fuel and time figures for climb phase
3-3-7 Fuel and time figures for climb phase
3-3-8 Mean TAS during climb
3-3-11 MMO, VMO and buffet boundary
3-3-12 MMO, VMO and buffet boundary
3-4-1 Four engine maximum cruise altitude
3-4-2 Weight and fuel flow for M0.84 cruise
3-4-3 Weight and fuel flow for M0.84 cruise
3-4-4 Weight and fuel flow for M0.84 cruise
3-4-5 Weight and fuel flow for M0.84 cruise
3-4-6 TAS and fuel flow for low level cruise - 300 kts (100.000 kg)
3-4-7 TAS and fuel flow for low level cruise - 300 kts (other weights)
3-4-8 Range after pressurisation failure
3-5-1 Short range diversion tables (additional info)
3-5-2 Four engined diversion - 105.000 kg
3-5-3 Four engined diversion - 105.000 kg
3-5-4 Four engined diversion - 105.000 kg
3-5-5 Four engined diversion - 105.000 kg
3-5-6 Holding
3-5-7 Typical fuel flows and N2 values
3-6-2 Fuel and time figures for climb phase (3 engined)
3-6-3 Fuel and time figures for climb phase (3 engined)
3-6-4 Fuel and time figures for climb phase (3 engined)
3-6-5 Fuel and time figures for climb phase (3 engined)
3-6-6 Weight and fuel flow for cruise (3 engined)
3-6-7 Weight and fuel flow for cruise (3 engined)
3-6-8 Weight and fuel flow for cruise (3 engined)
3-6-9 Weight and fuel flow for cruise (3 engined)
3-6-10 Weight and fuel flow for cruise (3 engined)
3-6-11 Plotting distances

With thanks to P. Robinson

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