Originally Posted by
G-ARZG
In the early 80's my employer was looking to replace its regional fleet.
Hatfield was peddling the 146 at the same time that Weybridge
was trying to push its Tay-engined 1-11 project.
I cannot really comment except to say that I have no recollection of any Tay-engined 111 project at Weybridge.
By the time the 146 was re-launched, the Weybridge and Hatfield sites had been British Aerospace for a couple of years and building up the Sales/Tech Sales department in 1978-80, we had a number of Weybridge and Filton folk working at Hatfield so I might have heard had there been anything.
I think there was a ROMBAC-led plan for a Tay-111 but that would have been much later (late '80s at least).