On August
20. 1963, the prototype of the BAC 1-11
conducted the first flight out of Hurn Airport Bournemouth ).
Between
1963 and 1989, 245 BAC 1-11’s have been built (236 BAC-1-11’s and 9 RomBac’s;
built by CNIAR in Romania
74 Airlines
worldwide, many military, government, corporate and private operators used the BAC 1-11 within
the years.
50 years
after the first flight, only 2 BAC 1-11’s are still in service with Northrop
Grumman as airborne testbeds
The BAC
1-11 is the most successful British Jet Airliner ever built.
