BAC One-Eleven: The Whole Story

by Stephen Skinner

Overview

One of the bestselling aircraft of British civil aviation, the BAC 1-11 took to the skies for the first time in August 1963, with an order book for 60 aircraft. More than half the orders were from the United States, an unprecedented situation for a British civil aircraft. The only aircraft wholly designed and built by BAC, it remained in production throughout the entire 17-year history of the organization, performing strongly even when profits were at a low. After flying commercially for the last time in March 2002, here the 1-11 is celebrated in style 50 years after its maiden flight. Skinner combines original research with a multitude of images and detailed appendices to consider what transpired in those five decades and the place the 1-11 holds in British aviation history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780752496993
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Edition description:	New
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Stephen Skinner is an avid aviation enthusiast, and has been since he watched the maiden flight of the BAC One-Eleven in 1963. He has written numerous articles and books on aviation, and he regularly reviews titles on behalf of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Preface 9

1 The First Flight-Tuesday 20 August 1963 11

2 The British Aircraft Corporation and the One-Eleven Project 14

3 A Technical Description of the Aircraft 25

4 The Challenging Flight Test Programme 40

5 The 200 Series in Service 65

6 The 400 Series Development, World Tours and in Service 78

7 At last, the Stretched One-Eleven - the 500 Series 93

8 The 500 Series in Service 105

9 The Hot Rod-The One-Eleven 475 and 670 124

10 The Stillborn Civil and Military Proposals 144

11 Romania and the One-Eleven - Licence Production 156

12 The Tay One-Eleven-A Tortuous Story 163

13 Notable Accidents in Service 172

14 Bizjets and Test beds 179

15 Serving the World into the Twenty-First Century 190

16 Conclusion - What held the One-Eleven Back? 203

Addendum 209

Appendices

1 Flying the One-Eleven 500 218

2 On Flight Deck of European Aviation BAC One-Eleven G-AZMF Hurn-Turin-Hurn 223

3 Aircraft Data 228

4 Table of Type Numbers 229

5 BAC One-Eleven Production List 233

6 Chronology of the BAC One-Eleven 241

7 Preserved One-Elevens 243

8 One-Eleven Test Pilots 245

9 Escape Hatches 248

Bibliography 250

Index 252