Two things.
I don't actually know exactly what a VC10 is, I assume a big plane and secondly the statement above is possibly the most inaccurate thing you have ever said on here.
I think of no person as inferior to me, never have.
I simply fail to grasp how a person may mourn the loss of a plane, or a car as another example - even when one has an interest in said things.
You see to me a plane is something you step onto (or into), take your seat, maybe have a beer, get off an hour or a couple of hours later. I could not give two fúcks how many engines it has hanging out the back.
A functional piece of machinery, albeit a magnificent feat of engineering, that serves a purpose.
Kind of like a car, but without the boot space for the big shop.