Recorded interview with Squadron Leader Gordon Parry, 13 March 2025

Gordon Parry was a pilot in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft and VC10 transport and tanker aircraft. He worked on developing and introducing Voyager transport and tanker aircraft to RAF service.

Gordon Parry describes his experience as a pilot in Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft with 120 Squadron at RAF Kinloss. He explains how he then moved to VC10 tanker and transport aircraft at RAF Boscombe Down and comments on the contrast between Nimrod and VC10 operations. He describes his work on the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, later known as Voyager, and comments on various aspects of air-to-air refuelling technology and operations.