Originally Posted by
dixi188
Around 1966 my eldest sister booked a holiday in Spain. It was with Autair and supposed to be flying in a brand new BAC1-11. My dad was a senior inspector at the Hurn factory and said they hadn't delivered the first aircraft yet. She flew out in an Ambassador but the return flight was in a BAC 1-11.
That would have been early 1968 - Autair got their first of 4 new Jets that year in Feb/Mar.