Originally Posted by
WHBM
Elite traveller :
Yes, same one. It is operated by a Romanian charter company. Aircraft in question is #260, built in 1984 and delivered to McAlpine Aviation, an offshoot of the construction company, who were a major force in British business jets in the 1960s-80s. It has passed through several hands since.
For those who think the One-Eleven is a quintessentially British aircraft, towards the end of its production run all the tooling was sold to Romania where they assembled several themselves, although apart from the national airline Tarom there were few takers in the end. Among these few though was a certain startup airline in Ireland, Ryan-something, who leased several as their first jets. Cheap, of course. So Romania is still a centre of knowledge on the aircraft. The aircraft in question here was one of the last built in Britain.
Video interesting but Mrs WHBM
required an explanation about why I was repeatedly watching a video of THAT GIRL and I'm not sure the reply was convincing !
http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/
Slightly OT - but further in the video is Edese Doret - who is getting some press these days as the person hired to do the interior design of the first private A380!
Interesting info on the BAC-111. Was this aircraft actually QE2's private plane at one point? The interior as it was when I saw it was nice but not lavish and there was no shower onboard which is pretty standard on the BBJs and ACJs today.
Oh and yes - it was even more fun making the video!