Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
BAC 1-11 by British Aircraft Corporation
Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / B / **C** / D / E / F
(200, 300/400 - 26.97m / 475, 500 - 28.5m)
Purpose or Role in Game
Regional 89 seat jet airliner,
Why should this aircraft be added?
A small, short haul narrow body jet used across the globe until the final aircraft was retired by Northop Grumman in 2019. Would add another older British aircraft, with noisy engines, to the game.
Airlines that use it
Not used anymore but previously operated by;List of BAC One-Eleven operators - Wikipedia
- Ryanair - started operations with the type in the 1980s
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- British European
- TAROM
- British Caledonian
- Dan Air
Special characteristics or variants
Rear mounted engined aircraft (Engines were the ones used on the RAF F4 Phantom), some variants were able to land on rough airstrips.
- One-Eleven 200 - Original variant (56 built),
- One-Eleven 300 - Uprated engines, more fuel for greater range (9 built),
- One-Eleven 400 - Series 300 with American instrumentation (69 built),
- One-Eleven 475 - Series 400 with series 500 wing and engine (6 built),
- One-Eleven 500 - Extended body variant with 119 seats, larger wing and more powerful engines (86 built)
Optional: Links or references
BAC One-Eleven - WikipediaA fabulous resource covering everything you could need; http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4KpVYpLYtw
Final European flight by a EAF - European Aircharter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQyGdY31gos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgvX5u_RJhc
Final testbed version,
