In the golden age of wide-body aircraft, tri-jets created a unique and innovative opportunity for airlines. Bridging the gap between the fuel-guzzling quad-jets and the slightly inconvenient ...
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The Last Lockheed L‑1011 TriStar Still Airworthy
The 1970s saw the birth of the widebody, a radical new aircraft design in which airliners featured two aisles to accommodate more seats per row. First was the Boeing 747, the iconic double-decker that ...
When Capt. Randall Schmoyer shut down the three Rolls-Royce engines on Delta Air Lines Flight 1949 after landing at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport last Tuesday, a bittersweet chapter of ...
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar are arguably the best aircraft of the trijet era. While both planes had several differences, what truly set them apart was the configuration ...
Almost 28 years after pioneering the use of nonmilitary air launch for commercial spacecraft with the Pegasus rocket, Northrop Grumman’s one-of-a-kind Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is on the verge of a new ...
With the ventral fairing barely visible under the forward fuselage, Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer performed a low fly-past before departing Mojave. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images Aviation Week was ...
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