BAC One-Eleven
Sign in to saveAlso known as British Aircraft Corporation One-Eleven, BAC-111, BAC-1-11, BAC 1-11, Rombac One-Eleven, 111 aircraft, One-Eleven
1963 airliner family by British Aircraft Corporation
Key facts
- Type
- Short-range jet airliner
- National origin
- United Kingdom
- Manufacturer
- British Aircraft Corporation Romaero
- Status
- Retired
- Primary users
- British Airways American Airlines Braniff Airways British United Airways
- Manufactured
- 1963–1982 (United Kingdom) 1982–1989 (Romania)
- Introduction date
- 1965 with British United Airways
- First flight
- 20 August 1963
- Retired
- 7 May 2019 ( Northrop Grumman )
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Encyclopedic overview
The BAC One-Eleven (BAC-111, BAC 1-11) is a retired early jet airliner produced by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Conceived by Hunting Aircraft as a 30-seat jet before its merger into BAC in 1960, it was launched as an 80-seat airliner with a British United Airways (BUA) order on 9 May 1961. The prototype conducted its maiden flight on 20 August 1963, and it was first delivered to BUA on 22 January 1965. The 119-seat, stretched 500 series was introduced in 1967. Total production amounted to 244 until 1982 in the United Kingdom including 1982 to 1989 in Romania where nine Rombac One-Elevens were licence-built by Romaero.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BAC One-Eleven” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.