INTRODUCTION
"Welcome"
It has finally arrived! My first ever attempt at a website! Improvements will be made as I get feedback from yourselves.
The BAC 1-11 has been the most successful "classic" British built jet airliner. 235 aircraft were built in the UK with a further 9 completed in Romania. The British Aircraft Corporation should have sold many more of these fine aeroplanes, but for one reason or another it wasn't to be!
Highlights and statistics have included the following:-
The first ever 1-11 flight into Heathrow took place on the 6th July 1964 by c/n 015. It arrived in its brand new Braniff Airways livery and registration G-ASUF which was used by BAC during demo flights before being re-registered as N1541.
The aircraft has been registered in over 50 different countries worldwide and has been used by over 200 operators.
Over 70 1-11s were ordered by US operators in the 1960s! In total over 200 different registrations have been used on 1-11s in the USA.
The largest operator of the 1-11 was British Airways. They operated 46 different aircraft between 1974 and 1993.
Approximately 50 1-11s have been used as executive jets. The Americans and Saudis loved them! Between 1965 and 2008 these 50 or so airframes have been registered and operated by many hundreds of different corporate users.
Nearly 50% of the entire 1-11 fleet has been operated in Africa with 80 airframes having been registered in Nigeria alone!
Tarom operated the 1-11 longer than any other operator. The fleet remained in service for over 32 years. This has now been surpassed by the Royal Air Force of Oman fleet of 3 1-11s. They entered service in 1974 and are still current!
As you are no doubt aware 1-11 passenger operations in the UK came to a close at the end of March 2002 as the new European noise regulations were introduced.
I am very keen indeed for you to record / photograph any 1-11 movements. If you have any news then please tell me either via email or by going to the BAC 1-11 Forum at Yahoo Groups. On the website "News" page you will be directed to many images via airliners.net, jetphotos.net and planepictures.net. These aviation photographic websites give you access to over 4000 1-11 images!
Take a good look at the links page. I have included as many websites as possible that have information about the 1-11. There are also a few that take you to some Microsoft Flight Simulator download sites that give you a good selection of 1-11s in various different liveries. Happy surfing!
Please note that the images in my gallery have come from a variety of sources. You will no doubt have seen some of these elsewhere on the web. Regarding the photo credits, if I have missed any that are due or if you have any other objections about any of the images then please contact me immediately so that I can do something about it!
Special thanks must be given to the following who have contributed to the Gallery and elsewhere on the website: -
BAe Systems, Ian Haskell, Colin Work, Steve Williams, Eduard Marmet, Tony Best, Steve Rhymes, Steve Burland, Mike Stewart, Toni Marimon, Tom Hildreth, Pierre Langlois, Derek Ferguson, Martin Pole, Simon Adams, Adrian Balch, Besnard, Bob Garrard, Maureen Cuskelly, Bob Hobbs, Ralf Manteufel, Christian Volpati.
A huge thank you must also go to Richard Church, author of the "The One-Eleven Story" for all his assistance with this ongoing project!
Whilst on the subject of the gallery it is my intention to improve it where possible by gaining access to better photos / slides of individual aircraft as they become available. Therefore take a close look at each one. If you have a better image then please make it available.
I will improve the website when time permits. I have recently completed the "aircraft changes" section and will also include a page dedicated to the aircraft on display in museums around the UK. Eventually I will replace the present gallery. It is my intention to place images under each operator in the country guide to operators page. (See Argentina for an example of how it will eventually look)
For any further information regarding the aircraft please join the BAC 1-11 Forum at Yahoo Groups and post a message which should be answered by either myself or one of the members.
Any further suggestions are very welcome.
This site will only be as good as the feedback I receive so keep it coming!
Contact me Peter Clark at: - mrshu_a300@hotmail.com or visit the BAC 1-11 Forum at: - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BAC1-11