Queen of the Skies by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG43 9 under the upper spans

9 under the upper spans of Tower Bridge

The Queens Bays engage enemy foot and horse outside Luknow

know the dangers of these hotly contested skies over Berlin only too well

Realising the threat to the German defences

18th January 2007 by David Rowlands

Queen of the Skies by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG43 9 under the upper spansDHM6532AP. Queen of the Skies by Ivan Berryman. Designed originally by Vickers Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, the prototype VC. 10 took to the air for the first time from Brooklands, near Weybridge, in Surrey in 1962. One of only a few airliners ever to feature the tail 'quad' engine arrangement, the VC. 10 became the mainstay of British Overseas Airways Corporation's operations worldwide, the type continuing to serve when Britain's major airlines merged