HC Deb 20 November 2000 vol 357 cc11-2W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the fuel capacity is of(a) a Tristar and (b) a VC10 aircraft; and how many standard road fuel tankers it takes to fill (i) one Tristar and (ii) one VC10. [139164]

Mr. Spellar

The fuel capacity of Tristar and VC10 aircraft and the numbers of standard road fuel tankers it takes to fill each is detailed in the table.

Number of aircraft in fleet Max fuel capacity (litres) Number of bowsers to fill aircraft Civilian road bowser (35,000 litres)
TriStar mark of aircraft
C2/C2A 3 121,134 3.46
KCl/K1 6 176,530 5.04
VC10 mark of aircraft
CMk1(K) 12 87,940 2.51
KMk2 1 98,055 2.80
KMk3 4 104,601 2.99
KMk4 5 88,054 2.52

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