STORED FLEET

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I have created a "stored fleet" page as the majority of surviving 1-11s fall into this category. Most of these aircraft will never fly again, in fact many are now derelict! Please update me with any further information as it is becoming extremely difficult to determine the status of the remaining 1-11 fleet.. 

Preserved Aircraft

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That makes a total of 71 stored aircraft of which 31 are on the Nigerian register! A further 7 are preserved. Sadly It will be impossible to determine the final fate of many of these 1-11s. The majority of the stored fleet are now derelict with less than 10 aircraft remaining potentially airworthy! There may be a few more aircraft that have not been listed but I have no confirmation that they still exist.

It is believed that the Former Rotec Industries 1-11 N111RZ still survives. It is understood to have been rebuilt and is located at Indian Hills Stables in Gilberts, IL (about 45 miles WNW of Chicago). I would obviously like to see some images of it before I can confirm that this is definitely the case.

Trast Aero 1-11 EX-103 was re-registered as 4L-BAS for new operator Transaviaservice of Georgia by the end of 2009 but it was never delivered. It was eventually cannibalised to keep EX-086 flying. EX-086 was finally ferried from Ras Al Khaimah to Riyadh in June 2010 while 4L-BAS was scrapped.

Romavia were operating YR-BRE for the Romanian Government. During 2007 it carried out trials with stage three hushkits fitted. Certification didn't take place and by the end of the year it was flying without hushkits once again. Although placed in storage for a considerable period of time, YR-BRI briefly returned to service during 2007 / 2008 but has once again been placed into storage pending a possible lease. YR-BRE stopped flying for the company at the end of March 2009. By October 2009 both aircraft had officially been withdrawn from service. YR-BRE will be put up for auction while YR-BRI will hopefully be preserved at Otopeni. It remains to be seen whether or not either aircraft will ever fly again.

By early 2009 QinetiQ 1-11 ZE433 had been permanently withdrawn from service and is now stored at Boscombe Down where it will no doubt be used as a spares source for ZE432 and ZH763!

As of mid November 2008 I can confirm that Compagnie Africaine D'aviation 1-11 9Q-CDY has been permanently withdrawn from use at Mbuji-Mayi.

Bournemouth Aviation Museum moved to a new location off airport and sadly stated that they could not relocate G-AZMF onto the new site. The aircraft was returned to European Aviation at the end of April 2008 for storage pending better news from the musuem. Unfortunately the aircraft was eventually sold which led to it being dismantled and taken away at the end of November. The forward fuselage now resides at Newcastle Airport.

Former Chanchangi 1-11 5N-BCG was ferried from Kaduna to Bishkek on the 4th March 2008 and re-registered as EX-215. It was initially thought that it was going to re-enter service but it turns out that it was acquired for spares only. There are plans for it to be used as a restaurant apparently!

Ex Sky King Inc 1-11 N101PC cn 073 has turned up at Castle Airport Atwater USA where it appears to have been stored for several years. It was thought that this airframe was scrapped at Sacremento in 2004!

Kori Air 1-11 N789CF is based at Topeka (Forbes Field) Kansas. I have received very little information about this aircraft in recent years. It has been stored in a "climate controlled" hangar for six years and is in very good condition but is unlikely to fly again. It's last flight was in 2002.

Former Albarka Air 1-11 5N-BBQ has been moved the short distance from Malta Airport to Hal Far disused airfield. It was moved by road on its own undercarriage and is now a trainer for the International Fire and Safety School. Its wings have been removed.

The former European Aviation cabin trainer G-AVMJ was moved from Farnborough, where it was on display with Farnborough Air Sciences Ltd, to Horton in Dorset. It was parked in the yard of Horton based haulage company Cook Transport. It has since been transported to West Herts College in Watford where it is used in conjunction with cabin crew training courses. Out of interest the surviving forward fuselage of G-AVMK is now located at the Gravesend Police Training College, with a rear fuselage attached to it!

The preserved British Airways 1-11 G-AVMO was moved by road from Cosford to the Museum of Flight at East Fortune in September 2006. It has been re-assembled and will open to the public during the summer of 2007.

The Grupo Adelac aircraft, XA-CMG was been prepared for a return to service and departed from Orlando Sanford to Toluca, Mexico in May 2007. It was resprayed in March 2007 and is currently for sale. http://www.flightsource.com/bac11400.html

9L-LDJ has now been moved to the Malta Airport fire training ground.

Three of the Aero Asia 1-11s are in storage at Karachi Airport. AP-BFC is at Bucharest Otopeni.

Two ex Austral 1-11s survive at Moron Airport in Argentina. LV-OAX is on the fire dump while LV-MZM is used as a technical trainer with the National Institute of Civil Aviation (INAC).

The Eagle Aviation 1-11 5N-BDC overran the runway on landing at Libreville and was badly damaged. It was seen in October 2006 minus its wings!

The Hellenic Air 1-11 has been derelict at Athens Hellinikon for a number of years.

Kabo Air 1-11 5N-HHH is in storage at Southend and is now used by the fire service.  It has been given the fake registration G-FIRE and has Airport Fire Services titles on it.

Two ex Ladeco 1-11s presently survive at the Santiago Los Cerrillos Museum in Chile. The other two in the fleet CC-CYF and CC-CYI were reported as derelict at the same site. I have now removed them from the stored list as scrapped. The full name of the museum is the Museo Nacional Aeronautico de Chile

Nationwide Airlines 1-11s were broken up at the end of June 2005 at Lanseria except for ZS-NUG which still remains intact.  9XR-RA is the other survivor at Lanseria although it is believed that the fire service are using the fuselage of ZS-OAG.

All serviceable Nigerian 1-11s were grounded as of 9th May 2002. They are stored at various sites around the country and join  large numbers of derelict ex Okada Air and Kabo Air aircraft. Sites include Lagos, Benin, Abuja, Kano. It appears that Chrome Air had restarted limited cargo only operations but their remaining 1-11, 5N-UJC is now in storage at Lagos. 5N-SEO is stored at Bucharest Otopeni.

Savannah Airlines 1-11 5N-BDU was written off by flying debris in Abuja during a storm in March 2002. It still remains intact at the end of 2009.

One Ex US Air 1-11, N1117J, remains at Orlando Airport with the fire department, while another, N1134J, resides at San Antonio both are derelict

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