VC-10本来是英国的一种喷气式中远程民航客机,后来英国航宇公司将其改装成空中加油机,为英国皇家空军服务或出口国外。 VC-10客机由原英国维克斯-阿姆斯特朗飞机公司(后合并为英国飞机公司)研制。1958年开始设计,1962年6月首次试飞,1964年4月加入英国航班运营。该机在外形设计中,采用了当时新出现的两项机翼设计新技术,即英国国家物理试验室提出的尖峰翼概念和皇家空军航空研究中心提出的可压缩流三元机翼设计理论。在结构设计上,利用了已有喷气客机的设计经验,采用四台发动机分别吊装在机尾两侧的形式,以减小发动机噪音对乘客机舱的影响。为了保证安全,还采用了多路传力破损安全和疲劳寿命设计。在系统设计上,广泛采用 The VC-10 was originally a jet mid-to-long-range civil aircraft in the United Kingdom. Later, British Aerospace converted it into an aerial tanker, serving the RAF or exporting to foreign countries. VC-10 passenger aircraft from the original British Vaux - Armstrong Aircraft Company (later merged into the British aircraft company) developed. Design began in 1958, the first test flight in June 1962, April 1964 joined the British flight operations. The aircraft in the shape design, the use of the two new wing design of the new technologies, namely the National Physical Laboratory proposed spike concept and the Royal Air Force Aviation Research Center proposed compression flow ternary wing design theory. In the structural design, the design experience of the existing jet airliner is utilized, and four engines are respectively hoisted on both sides of the tail to reduce the impact of engine noise on the passenger cabin. In order to ensure safety, but also the use of multi-channel force damage safety and fatigue life design. In the system design, widely used