45 Years of TriStar

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 11/16/2015 at 15:39 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Lockheed’s only major entry into the commercial aviation world took its first flight on this day in 1970.

pauljones > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:41

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Boy, did those look sharp in Eastern and Delta liveries.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > pauljones 11/16/2015 at 15:43

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I quite like the Aer Lingus livery. Not sure why

Jcarr > pauljones 11/16/2015 at 15:43

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Agreed. I think part of it is having the nose painted separately. It has a bit of an awkwardly shaped nose and I think the darker paint helps mask that.

MonkeePuzzle > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:46

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shiny and chrome, in the desert, like max’s falcon in fury road

Margin Of Error > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:49

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Best plane ever

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:49

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And brought us the frisbee fairing .

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:50

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No frisbee fairing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:51

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Frisbee fairing.

HammerheadFistpunch > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 15:52

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(even though its not a tristar on their album cover...doh!)

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 16:08

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Keep an eye out for a shout out for the L-1011 in tomorrow’s Aviation History post.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 11/16/2015 at 16:10

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I figured it would be in there. Hope I didn’t step on your toes too much!

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 16:36

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Not at all.

ranwhenparked > Jcarr 11/16/2015 at 20:52

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To be fair, Lockheed was pretty big in commercial aircraft before the L-1011, just not in jets. They did sell over 850 Constellations.

Jcarr > ranwhenparked 11/16/2015 at 21:14

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You're right, I could have phrased that better.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Jcarr 11/17/2015 at 00:54

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Love the L-1011. Some of the best flights I’ve been on have been on this bird.

A few years back I saw an ad for one that last flew with Rich International, probably a -1. The price was quite tempting, especially since it was less than the average price of an average house in SFO; as I recall, the asking price was $650K. It probably had a D-check coming up soon and engines for which parts were unavailable, but it might be able to be used for a few Hajj flights before being scrapped. I’d be happy making a house out of an old airliner, not just using the wings for a roof:

An actual airframe just sitting on the ground might not look right, but I’d like to have part of one in a house. Imagine the forward portion of a 747 inside your house. Use the cockpit for flight simulation, the main deck as a home theater, etc.

Due to an airworthiness directive, and also the fact that there weren’t any more early models flying, the RB211-22B engine essentially became scrap metal. But some enterprising nutjob actually has one in his back yard that he occasionally fires up.

Jcarr > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 11/17/2015 at 10:48

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That’s awesome!