a day agoBAC 1-11. A few American airlines bought this Scottish built plane in the 1960s
a day agoBAC-111 Allegheny flew the in the early '70's in CMH ... LOUD AT START!! Taxi too if I remember right.
2 days agoN999BW BAC 1-11-419E built in 1967 it was ferried to MCI from texas back in 2013 and is permanently grounded. It now serves as preservation model and educational asset for de icing training.
2 days agoA BAC 1-11 landed on a German autobahn a few decades ago after both engines had failed.(D-ALAR) 22 people died and 99 survived.
2 days agoI grew up fairly close to an airport… Allegheny airlines flew the BAC. You didn’t even have to look you could tell by the screaming noise what it was. What a great sound.
2 days agoMCI is Kansas City Intl Airport in Missouri, not Kansas. When TWA was in business they had an.overhaul base located there as well. My father worked in the glass office building for TWA across the interstate.
3 days agoI worked for Hughes aviation in Las Vegas for six years in the 80s, Hilton had a bac 111 that we’d see every week bringing in high rollers…
3 days agoAlso American Airlines, Allegheny and Mohawk had the BAC 1-11 in their fleets. Noisy Rolls-Royce Spey engines.
