G-AWYU BCAL BAC 111-500

G-AWYU BCAL BAC 111-500 ( a model a history)



BCAL BAC111-500 HERPA MODEL 1/500-UTOPIA Airport apron

G-AWYU is a BAC 111-501Ex with CN 177.
It first flew on June 10, 1969 and was delivered to British United Airways one week later.



"BAC 1-11-500 British United (6122298481)" by clipperarctic - BAC 1-11-500 British United Uploaded by russavia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

The April 1971 timetable gives a glimpse of the operations of the BAC111 within the global network of BUA/BCAL

BAC 111 European network April 1971

Extremely interesting is the use of the BAC111 on the West African Coastal services operated by BUA/BCAL

BAC 111 West Africa Coastal  network April 1971

Aftert the merger with Caledonian Airways in 1970, the aircraft was christened "Isle of Colonsay"



"British Caledonian BAC 1-11 G-AWYU" by Piergiuliano Chesi. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.


and upon the merger with British Airways , it was renamed "County of Avon"
Pictured is sister ship  G-AWYV


"British Airways BAC1-11 501EX (G-AWYV 178) (7837402974)" by FotoNoir - British Airways BAC1-11 501EX (G-AWYV/178). Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.


The aircraft was leased to Ryanair from June 10,1993 to March 1994 as EI-CIC

Photo by Dean Morley/Flickr/CC license

and then sold to various African Operators :Express City/ Zaire Express (Dec 95), Zaire Airlines (Jan 1997) and finally to Congo Airlines (21/5/1997).
The aircraft met its final fate when it was scrapped in 2005.

A few words about the BAC 111-500, compared to its siblings  the stretched version of the original BAC111-200/400 series was longer by 4.11 m, the latest version of the MK 512 spey engine, an increased wing span 1.5 m  and a longer range of 2744 km. Furthermore, the capacity increased from 79 passengers to 119 passengers.
The bac 111 was a direct competitor to the F28 and Doiglas DC9.

Some photos 

  


By Jetstreamer - Own work, Public Domain, $3



By Daniel Tanner - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Cayman-Airways/BAC-111-531FS-One-Eleven/2691334/L/, CC BY-SA 4.0, $3



By JetPix - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Dan-Air-London/BAC-111-531FS-One-Eleven/0196765/L Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/6/7/0196765.jpg, GFDL 1.2, $3



By Clinton Groves - http://www.airlinefan.com/airline-photos/8100090/Cyprus-Airways/BAC/One-Eleven-500/5B-DAH/#, GFDL 1.2, $3






By RuthAS - Own work, CC BY 3.0