The airline was headquartered in the Sadler House in Nairobi, Kenya. It was set up on 1 January 1946, starting operations the same year. One of the hangars was emptied and used as a studio to film the 1980s cult classic Flash Gordon. East African Airways Corporation, more commonly known as East African Airways, was an airline jointly run by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Weybridge factory became a manufacturing plant for aviation components. When Concorde sales were also below target, the factory began to contract and in 1977, BAC was nationalised to form part of British Aerospace. The huge BAC Weybridge factory at Brooklands went on to manufacture the BAC TSR.2, One-Eleven and major assemblies for Concorde but it failed to recover from the disappointing initial sales of the VC10. High fuel consumption following the oil crisis of 1973 was ultimately what caused the downfall of the VC10. Sales of the VC10 were not as expected though and only 54 were built, with BOAC, British United Airways, East African Airways and Ghana Airways the only customers.Д«OAC (which later merged into what is now British Airways) began to retire their fleet in 1974 and by 1981, they had none left in service. The quad rear engine design of the VC10 has been used only in a small number of aircraft and gave the plane a striking appearance. Capable of operating long-range on shorter runways and in hot and arid conditions in Africa, the VC10 was hailed for its performance which included the fastest London to New York flight on any sub-sonic airliner, a record held until February 2020 when it was beaten by a British Airways Boeing 747 during Storm Ciara. The Vickers VC10 was designed for long-range flight, with BOAC the main operator of the aircraft. A Vickers VC10 operated by BOAC at London Heathrow airport.

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