BAC

The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was a British aircraft manufacturer created by the government-pressured merger of the aircraft operations of Bristol (the Bristol Aeroplane Company), English Electric (English Electric Aviation Ltd.) and Vickers (Vickers-Armstrongs) in 1960. Later that year Hunting Aircraft was added.
On 29 April 1977, BAC, the Hawker Siddeley Group and Scottish Aviation were nationalised and merged under the provisions of Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977. This new group was established as a statutory corporation, British Aerospace (BAe), since 1999 BAE Systems.

Sud-Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and BAC jointly developed and manufactured Concorde, a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner from 1962.

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BAC One-Eleven

The BAC One-Eleven, also known as the BAC-111 or BAC 1-11, was a British short-range jet airliner used during the 1960s and 1970s. It was the second short-haul jet airliner to enter service, following the French Sud Aviation Caravelle. The aircraft was also produced under license in Romania during the 1980s as the Rombac One-Eleven.
The One-Eleven was originally conceived by Hunting Aircraft and was subsequently developed by BAC when Hunting merged into BAC along with other British aircraft manufacturers in 1960. The One-Eleven was intended to replace the earlier turboprop Vickers Viscount from Vickers-Armstrongs on short-range routes. The One-Eleven entered the market ahead of rivals such as the Douglas DC-9-10, which gave it a temporary edge on the market.
The aircraft proved to be popular with domestic airlines and with various international operators. Over half of the One-Eleven's sales at launch were to the largest and most lucrative market, the US. The One-Eleven was one of the most successful British airliner designs, and served until a widespread retirement in the 1990s, which was partly due to the introduction of aircraft noise restrictions in many European nations. As of 2013, two examples remain in service as testbeds for Northrop-Grumman.

BAC 1-11 510ED, registration G-AVMV, built 1969, serial number 149
Heathrow Airport (LHR), London, United Kingdom, 9 September 1977

BAC 1-11 518FG, registration TG-AVA, built 1970, serial number 206
Merida (MID), Yucatan, Mexico, 11 March 1978

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