BAC-111 / AmericanBAC 111 American Airlines airplane model. The One Eleven can trace its origins back to the proposed Hunting H 107 jet airliner project of 1956. British United Airways placed a launch order for 10 of the new jets, then known as the BAC 111, in May 1961. The new aircraft took to the skies for the first time on August 20, 1963, while the first production Series 200 first flew on December 19, 1963. Certification was eventually awarded on April 6, 1965,

The most prominent external feature is the 12 m (40 ft) long

It swiftly joined operations with the 3rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Group

Air Force Systems Command began experimenting with side-firing weapons systems for possible use in Vietnam in point defense and night Close Air Support (CAS) roles

Gulfstream I / G-159 airplane model

began to arrive in China and the A

field guns

The selection of Rolls-Royce's advanced RB211 three-shaft engine design initially plagued the TriStar's early career

Boeing E-8 JSTARS airplane model

A second prototype

with a stretched DC-6 fuselage

Between production in the UK and Canada

had a maximum takeoff weight of 5