British Aircraft Corporation 1-11

Aircraft Information
> Aircraft Make: British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Model: 1-11. Nickname: One Eleven
> Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Large Jet
> FAA Category and Class: Airplane Multi-engine land
> Engine Description: Twin jet

Aircraft Experience
> As of: 9/2/2021
> Number of Hours Flown: 4
> Number of Times Flown: 3
> Other Aircraft Models Associated: BAC 1-11, BAC-111

First Flown Information
> Sequence First Flown: 62
> Date First Flown: 10/13/1989
> Location First Flown: Baltimore Washington International Airport (KBWI)
> Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Westinghouse (Northrop Grumman) Flight Test

Recollections: The BAC 1-11 was the British airplane designed to compete with the Douglas DC-9 and the Boeing 737.  My three flights (once per year, 1989, 1990, 1991) in this design were all flown on an Experimental version which was an avionics test bed operated by Westinghouse (later Northrup Grumman) at their facility at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport.  Over the years, the Navy Test Pilot School has contracted with a variety of companies who operate “systems test bed” or “systems training” aircraft, to enable teaching the discipline of testing radars, FLIRS, and the like.  NG was used for many years, until replaced by an organic asset (a P-3 “flying systems classroom”).

The airplane, pretty much like all British Airplanes (and, for that matter, cars) handled very nicely.