Rombac was the first Romania built jet airliner and also the
first commercial jet built in Eastern Europe.
The first flight of a Rombac 1-11 was on 18th of September 1982 and
production continued until 1989.
This is one of the last two jets to be built in Romania and it
remained caught in the history forever..:D
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Plane toys
Sharpener
Pencil
Logbook
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Short history / made in
Romania:
In 1979, Romanian president
Nicolae Ceausescu signed the contract for One-Eleven production in
Romania. This was to involve the delivery of three complete
One-Elevens plus the construction of at least 22 pcs. in
Bucharest, with reducing British content. It also involved Romanian
production of Spey engines and certification of the aircraft to
British and US standards. A market for up to 60 or even 80 cheap
Romanian-built aircraft was mooted at the time, largely in China,
the Third World and possibly Eastern Europe. The aircraft was
redesignated ROMBAC 1-11.
The first flight of a Rombac 1-11
was on 18 September 1982 and production continued until 1989 at a
much slower pace than foreseen in the contract: nine aircraft were
delivered. There were three reasons why the Rombac initiative
failed: international position deteriorated to the point where
supplies for One-Eleven manufacture slowed to a trickle; the market
foreseen by the Romanians failed to show an interest, though some
Rombac machines were leased out to European operators; the
One-Eleven's noise level and fuel economy had failed to keep pace
with US and West European competition. With reference to the last
reason, Rolls-Royce repeatedly refused to allow its Tay engine to
be used on Romanian One-Elevens. This reluctance is assumed to
reflect fears that the Fokker 100, the Tay's launch airframe, would
suffer from Romanian competition.
Total production of the
One-Eleven in British and Romanian factories was 244, with two
airframes left incomplete in Romania.
Today only a handful are still operating, mainly in Africa, though
corporate versions survive in the USA and Europe. A further nail in
the coffin for the One-Eleven in Europe was the Stage III noise
abatement regulations which took effect from March 2003. Several
dozen One-Elevens are in storage and for sale around the world....
:)
[RO]
ROMBAC 1-11 este primul avion de
pasageri cu reactie construit în România. A fost construit la
Întreprinderea de Avioane Bucuresti, dupa licenta avionului englez
mediu curier BAC 1-11.
Primul avion a fost terminat în luna august 1982 si a fost
prezentat presei si oficialitatilor române la 27 august
1982.
Primul zbor oficial de prezentare
a acestui avion în fata conducerii statului a fost executat la 18
septembrie 1982, pe aeroportul Baneasa.
Zborul inaugural cu pasageri al avionului ROMBAC 1-11 (YR-BRA) a
avut loc la 28 ianuarie 1983, pe ruta Bucuresti–Timisoara,
iar prima cursa externa a acestui aparat a fost efectuata la 23
martie 1983 pe ruta Bucuresti-Londra.
Înainte de 1989, Fabrica de
Avioane Bucuresti, actuala Romaero Baneasa, a construit 9 aparate
de acest tip (plus doua neterminate), singurul avion comercial cu
reactie din Europa comunista, cu exceptia URSS. Toate au fost
cumparate de Tarom, care le-a exploatat incomplet, pentru ca nu li
s-a permis accesul pe aeroporturile occidentale, din cauza
nivelului ridicat de zgomot. Proiectul ROMBAC prevedea a fi
construite un numar total de 80 de avioane.
Aparatul ROMBAC 1-11 este un
avion echipat cu doua turboreactoare cu dublu flux Rolls-Royce Spey
Mk 512-14DW, capabile de o forta de împingere de circa 6.000 kgf.
Are o greutate maxima de 47.400 kgf la decolare si poate transporta
cu viteza de 870 km/h pâna la aproape 3.500 km maximum 119 pasageri
cu un echipaj de doi piloti.
Au fost
construite doua versiuni, 475 si 560, corespunzând variantelor BAC
111-475 si 111-500