Carrying a message for William and Kate as their wedding date draws near.

My last photo of a flying BAC 1-11 as 164 is about to land on runway 33L at BWI for the last time. . This day marked the end of a 53 year streak of having operational BAC 1-11s at a local airport. Those were CMH, DCA and BWI.

Northrop Grumman aircraft seen during low pass over runway 33L at BWI before landing after the FINAL flight of the last operational BAC 1-11 in the world.

Serial 71-0876 was configured as VIP transport for supreme Allied commander of NATO, it was the last C-9A with USAF. Left Ramstein AB Sep 20 2005 for USA and assigned to USAF Museum. Loaned and put on display at Andrews AFB Museum, Maryland. Offered for sale by GSA auction Feb 18, 2015. Acquired by Waterworld Jet Aviation LLC and ferried from ADW to BWI on May 16, 2017 as N10876. This registration was cancelled on 6th September 2019 but the aircraft remained at BWI wearing that number. On December 3, 2019 it was re registered to Frontera Flight Holdings and ferried out of BWI on June 4. 2020 to SHV (Shreveport) and then to SLW (Saltillo - Plan de Guadalupe) in Mexico.

It had been a long time since I'd seen an operational G-1159, but this and two Phoenix Air Group Learjets visited BWI on the same day.

Delivered new to Lufthansa CityLine as D-ACPQ, Converted to an airborne electronic systems test platform by Northrop Grumman.

Returning to base at BWI after a test flight. This was previously the CRJ-700 prototype and replaced the BAC1-11s at Northrop Grumman.

Seen with plain blue tail.