1961 BAC One-Eleven Advertisement

Soon after the public launch of the One-Eleven with launch customer British United Airways, British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) took out a four-page ad in the August 28, 1961 issue of Aviation Week announcing the Rolls-Royce Spey-powered "jet successor to the Viscount with even better than Viscount economics."

The One-Eleven went on to become one of Britain's most successful airliners.

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