Ken Hopke, e-mail, 27.04.2025 07:05 I flew S/N 111 "400" in the 90's. Ken 7608613470

Ian Selden, e-mail, 03.01.2017 17:24 Does anyone have any knowledge of or worked with my grandfather at Brooklands on the 111? His name was Reg Selden. If you have any information or stories please send directly to my mail address, ian.selden@yahoo.com Thanks

Bruno, e-mail, 12.10.2014 19:09 I need some info please for BAC 1-11 475 Cruise speed (Kts) Fuel Consumption (Usg/Hr) Range (Nm) Flap damage speed (Vfe) Gear damage speed (Vle)

Moh, e-mail, 01.09.2013 04:42 I am in great love with them birds and can't find enough of them on the net. Can someone help? wanna buy 1 or 2 if the price is right. Please help at above email

Kevin, e-mail, 17.07.2013 10:24 Recall seeing one of these belonging to Tarom undergoing maintenance at Wisley Airfield in Surrey back in 68/9. Happy days.

Steve Bousfield, e-mail, 05.07.2013 17:41 Spent many a happy afternoon in the back of British Eagle 1/11s on crew training sorties out of Teesside Airport in the Summers on 1966 and '67 when I had a 'vac job' there. It was there that I learned what a Maxaret was when one failed on a 1/11 and the BAC engineer explained its workings. My last 1/11 flight was with British World Airlines (formerly British Air Ferries)from Bucharest to Stansted.

Phil, e-mail, 02.04.2011 12:53 The BAC 1-11 has two Spey (not Sprey) turbo-fan (not turbo-jet) engines.

Garry Cope, e-mail, 17.12.2010 03:49 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! To this very day my favorite jet aircraft!!!!!

Russ Adams, e-mail, 13.12.2010 03:26 BAC-a-la we used to call them in the late 60s at American. I cut my maintenance teeth on this airplane at LaGuardia. Most of the guys doing the heavy overnights on this ship did not like it as it seemed the skin panels at least were installed with different fastners on each one, and each one was custom drilled to fit only one airplane. Nuisance. I did like the crackle of the engines on it's takeoff and you could always tell when one was leaving.

Andy, e-mail, 02.12.2010 22:44 My very first jet flight London to Schiphol late 1960s and I was very impressed by the climb to 33 thousand feet. A really fine air frame and very responsive flight.

Jock Murray, e-mail, 02.12.2010 04:32 A great aircraft and strong.I have flown in them in many parts of the world but the most memorable was putting into a local "airport" in Zambia fully loaded and the runway was not long enough.We had to reverse out under our own power back to the actual runway from the overrun area as there was not enough room to turn the plane. It still took off on schedule after the crew did their checks. The actual runway was only suitable for HS 748's and such like. Last one I was on was in 2000 on a flight from Johannesburg to Durban but the airline that was using them is now defunct.They went over to 737's and an engine fell off one as it was taking off. The beginning of the end for them unfortunately.

Jeff Lemon, e-mail, 26.10.2010 17:30 As a passenger, I had the opportunity to fly on the BAC One-Eleven with Braniff International (in first class) out of Dallas, Texas and many years later with Pacific Express out of Santa Barbara, California. I truly enjoyed flying on this wonderful British twinjet.

Bob Leonard, e-mail, 19.08.2010 00:24 In the early 1970's our airline purchased 3 BAC 111 (401AK model) part of the fleet BAC built for export to American Airlines. I flew over 1100 hours PIC during 4+ years and found the aircraft to be more a pilot's aircraft. Passenger acceptence wasn't that good due to cabin noise from what we considered poor sound insulation. But, saying that, I found the RR Spey MK512 to be very trouble free and the aircraft flew well. I did have the stick push activate once during flap retraction which sure got my attention. Never found out why, though I made lots of noise to maintenance. Only that once and never heard of its happening elsewhere. All in all, it was a good aircraft for short haul schedules.

Roger White, e-mail, 02.12.2009 02:49 Worked at Hurn, as Aeronautical Engineering apprentice, and later as Manufacturing Engineer, 1967-1979. My work experience building the 1-11 served me very well. Excellent aircraft although a little noisy. The later retrofitted "hush-kits" helped.Eventually retiring from the USA shuttle/external tank/space program after a total of 39 years in the aerospace industry.

Roger White, e-mail, 02.12.2009 02:47 Worked at Hurn, as Aeronautical Engineering apprentice, and later as Manufacturing Engineer, 1967-1979. My work experience building the 1-11 served me very well. Excellent aircraft although a little noisy. The later retrofitted "hush-kits" helped.Eventually retiring from the USA shuttle/external tank/space program after a total of 39 years in the aerospace industry.

Roger White, e-mail, 02.12.2009 02:46 Worked at Hurn, as Aeronautical Engineering apprentice, and later as Manufacturing Engineer, 1967-1979. My work experience building the 1-11 served me very well. Excellent aircraft although a little noisy. The later retrofitted "hush-kits" helped.Eventually retiring from the USA shuttle/external tank/space program after a total of 39 years in the aerospace industry.

Garry Russell, e-mail, 19.04.2008 13:45 The type is not a BAC 111 One Eleven but a BAC One-Eleven The type although a revamped design based on the Hunting 107 became the fist airliner product of BAC largely led by Vickers so the type was to follow on the Vickers number system VC 11 was the next number which was in use for the unbuilt small VC 10 replaced by the new design. To still follow on from the VC 10 and show it was the first BAC product it became BAC 1/11 or One-Eleven

Stefan, e-mail, 08.09.2007 23:38 BAC 1-11 was built at the Romaero plant in Bucharest between 1982 and 1989. The programme was brought to a premature halt by the political and economic instability surrounding the Romanian Revolution of 1989, and only nine aircraft were built out of the eighty that had been planned. Most were operated by the Romanian airlines TAROM and Romavia, though as of 2006, almost all have been retired from service, with the notable exception of Romavia, which still uses 2 of them. Stefan