The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") [1] is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation. It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.

L-1011-500 TriStar G-BFCB, June 1983. This aircraft underwent conversion to TriStar K1 standard in November, becoming ZD949. The RAF Tristar is a retired air-to-air refuelling tanker and transport aircraft, formerly in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar was originally developed as a commercial wide-body aircraft but adapted for military use by the Royal Air Force (RAF). It served as both an aerial refueling tanker and a transport aircraft.

Dec 15, 2021 · The decade kicked off in style with the Boeing 747's entry into service. McDonnell Douglas's DC-10 followed suit shortly after. The third twin-aisle aircraft to hit the skies commercially was, like the DC-10, another design sporting three engines. This is the story of the Lockheed L-1011 'TriStar.' A brief history of the TriStar

Apr 20, 2012 · Forty years ago, in April 1972, Lockheed saw its last civil airliner design - the L-1011 TriStar - enter service with launch customer Eastern Airlines. The TriStar was one of several newly...

Jan 10, 2020 · The L-1011 was a mix of advanced design and disappointing initial performance. Lockheed couldn’t overcome their delayed entry to market, combined with weak performance from the first versions of the aircraft.

Long range widebody airliner. Lockheed developed the shortened fuselage L-1011 TriStar 500 as a long range, smaller capacity derivative of the TriStar 200.

The L-1011-500 program was launched by British Airways in the mid-1970s. Without delving into a complete analysis of the -500 differences, the basic aircraft was shorter than a standard TriStar by about 14 feet. This resulted in the smaller two Type I emergency exits being deleted.

Initially delivered to British Airways in 1975 as G-BBAI. The aircraft moved to British Airtours in 1984 and Caledonian Airways in 1988 for charter operations. The aircraft is pictured on one of two winter leases to Canadian charter operator Worldways Canada (December to May of …