Bac 1 11 Cabin
The new aircraft took to the skies for the first time on august 20 1963 while the first production series 200 first flew on december 19 1963.
Bac 1 11 cabin. Three galleys and three. The series 300 and series 400 both of which offered more powerful spey 511 14s of 50 7 kn thrust fitted into lengthened nacelles. Plato video http www plato video co uk the bac 1 11 had to withdraw from service when new noise regulations came in to force as of april 1st 2002. Bac 1 11 510ed variant of the 500 series built for bea british airways size and engines same as other 500 s cockpit modified to provide more commonality with hs121 trident and required a different type rating from all other 500 series 1 11 s.
The bac 1 11 has two spey not sprey turbo fan not turbo jet engines. In may 1963 bac announced two new versions of the one eleven. It was the second short haul jet airliner to enter service following the french sud aviation caravelle the aircraft was also produced under licence in romania during the 1980s as the rombac one eleven. The cabin layouts proposed were 144 seats at 33 34in pitch or 161 at 30in pitch while four cabin crew seats were planned.
The british aircraft corporation one eleven also known as the bac 111 or bac 1 11 was a british short range jet airliner widely used from the 1960s to the 1990s. British united airways placed a launch order for 10 of the new jets then known as the bac 111 in may 1961. Watch the final flight of the qinetiq bac 1 11. Specs range speed operating weights and performance for the bac 1 11 here.
In 2000 justplanes was lucky to spend a week with european air charter and feature their bac 1 11 and boeing 737 200 on 10 flights across europe. Flew the bac 1 11 from start to finish with mohawk airlines and alleghny great airplane in winter or summer always easy to handle and never let me down. Uniquely these aircraft had a navigator s position in the cockpit and were affectionately known as trucks in raaf service. The bac 1 11 produced by british aerospace.
To this very day my favorite jet aircraft.