Fond memories - sort of......
I flew the BAC 1-11 from April '87 to Dec '90 with British Airways. The version we used was the 510ED or "Super" as BA called it.
Two good features were 1) solid build quality. The aircraft appeared to have been milled from a solid block and could stand a lot of punishment.
2) Man sized speedbrakes. Below 15000 ft you could pull full speedbrake and both go down and slow down. My party-piece was 330kts clean to less than 10 miles and still be stable for a landing around 800'.
Worst features - cockpit ergonomics and that air system!!!
But we loved em........
Last edited by ETOPS; 26th Dec 2002 at 09:55.