{"id":12012,"date":"2023-12-03T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/?p=12012"},"modified":"2023-12-03T09:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T09:51:39","slug":"amazing-pictures-show-a-jetliner-being-transported-through-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/travel\/amazing-pictures-show-a-jetliner-being-transported-through-southampton\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing pictures show a jetliner being transported through Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"
Amazing pictures show a jetliner being transported through a city centre.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, it left onlookers bemused.<\/p>\n
The front half of the BAC 1-11 was hauled through the streets of Southampton on its way to the city’s Solent Sky Museum after it was saved from being scrapped.<\/p>\n
Traffic was briefly stopped as the truck transporting it negotiated streets that were never designed to accommodate an airliner.<\/p>\n
The plane was built at Hurn near Bournemouth in 1981 and used to be on display at Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre.<\/p>\n
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Amazing pictures show a jetliner being transported through Southampton<\/p>\n
In 1991 it joined the Defence Research Agency and took part in radar trials at Boscombe Down, Farnborough, and Bedford before making its last flight on April 26, 2013.<\/p>\n
It was in danger of being scrapped after the attraction at Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre closed in October last year.<\/p>\n
But instead it was bought by Solent Sky, which is planning to exhibit the front 60ft of the fuselage on the forecourt at its Albert Road South site.<\/p>\n
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The front half of the BAC 1-11 was hauled through the streets of Southampton on its way to Solent Sky Museum after it was saved from being scrapped<\/p>\n
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Traffic was briefly stopped in Southampton as the truck transporting it negotiated streets that were never designed to accommodate an airliner<\/p>\n
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The plane was built at Hurn near Bournemouth in 1981 and used to be on display at Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre<\/p>\n
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In 1991 it joined the Defence Research Agency and took part in radar trials at Boscombe Down, Farnborough, and Bedford before making its last flight on April 26, 2013<\/p>\n
The 60ft fuselage is now due to be modified to allow for wheelchair access in the cockpit with the cafe at the rear.<\/p>\n
A 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun had to be removed in late October in order to make room for the new attraction.<\/p>\n
The BAC 1-11 (sometimes written as One-Eleven) was introduced in 1965 by British United Airways and produced by British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).<\/p>\n
The BAC 1-11 was flown by airlines including Kuwait Airways, Aer Lingus, Central African Airways and Western Airlines, as well as the militaries of countries including Australia, Oman, the Philippines and the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n