AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1963

Aircraft hub · 1963 · Cold War

BAC One-Eleven

The short-haul jet Britain sold to America, briefly, gloriously. The gazetteer currently lists it at 5 UK museums.

1963
First flight
244
Built
541 mph
Top speed
5
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the BAC One-Eleven in the UK

The gazetteer records 5 BAC One-Eleven airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 5 UK collections, in 4 regions: London & Around, East of England, South West England, South East England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Boscombe Down Aviation CollectionChecked 2026-10-08 Salisbury South West England BAC One-Eleven 402AP nose section XX919 Cockpit or section
Bournemouth Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Christchurch South West England BAC One-Eleven 479FU forward fuselage ZE432 Cockpit or section
Brooklands MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Weybridge London & Around BAC One-Eleven prototype development aircraft G-ASYD
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England BAC One Eleven 510ED G-AVMU
Solent SkyChecked 2026-10-08 Southampton South East England BAC One-Eleven 539GL fuselage ZH763

3D model

The One-Eleven 510ED in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-AVMU, a BAC One-Eleven Series 510ED, one of the eighteen stretched One-Elevens ordered by British European Airways with Trident-style cockpits, delivered to BEA in 1969, flown by British Airways from 1974 and named ‘County of Dorset’, retired in 1993 with 40,279 hours and 45,540 landings and flown into Duxford for the Duxford Aviation Society’s British Airliner Collection: British Airways’ 1984 ‘Landor’ scheme with a pearl grey upper fuselage, a midnight blue lower fuselage, radome, nacelles and tail, a thin red speedwing line along the colour break with a red bar ahead of the wing, ‘BRITISH AIRWAYS’ in blue above the windows, white ‘G-AVMU’ ahead of the nacelles, ‘County of Dorset’ and gold ‘Royal Mail’ titles ahead of the forward door, the coat of arms and the quartered Union flag on the fin and red blanks in the Spey intakes, as it is displayed at IWM Duxford. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (2.0 MB) · Plate 183 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Harrier family, Hawker Hunter, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk, de Havilland Sea Vixen, de Havilland Vampire.

Where the type is thickest

South West England has 2 collections recording the type.

Type notes

The BAC One-Eleven in brief

TypeBAC One-Eleven
UK museums holding one5
Airframes recorded in this survey5

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many BAC One-Eleven airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 5 BAC One-Eleven airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most BAC One-Eleven airframes?

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.