Lockheed L1011 Tristar
Title | Lockheed L1011 Tristar PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Birtles |
Publisher | Motorbooks International |
Total Pages | 140 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Transportation |
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Lockheed L1011 TriStar Birtles First put into service with Eastern Airlines in April, 1972, the L111 brought new standards of technology and safety to wide-bodied fan-jet-powered airliners. Philip Bertles documents the TriStars history, design, production and service record, and provides an inside look at the purpose-built Lockheed manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California, as well as the story of the Ghost of Flight 41. Sftbd., 8 1/2x 1 1/2, 128 pgs., 25 bandw ill., 125 color.
Lockheed TriStar
Title | Lockheed TriStar PDF eBook |
Author | Graham M. Simons |
Publisher | Air World |
Total Pages | 764 |
Release | 2021-11-30 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1526758830 |
“A thoughtful, well-organized overview from the beginning to the twilight days of this iconic airliner” by the highly regarded aviation historian (Large Scale Planes). In April 1972, after six grueling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern Airlines. To mark the moment, Lockheed decided to make an impressive statement about the capabilities of its new medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It did so in spectacular fashion. Overseen by two test pilots, a total of 115 crew members, VIPs, Lockheed employees, and selected reporters boarded a TriStar at Lockheed’s Palmdale plant in California. The subsequent 4-hour, 13-minute flight to Washington Dulles Airport was achieved with virtually no input from the two pilots in the cockpit, the TriStar’s Automatic Flight Control System being “engaged from takeoff roll to landing.” It was, Lockheed proudly claimed, “the first cross-country flight without the need for human hands on the controls.” On the way to the L-1011’s inaugural flight, Lockheed battled through design challenges, financial difficulties, and even international allegations of bribery, with the result that the TriStar, famed for its large, curved nose, low-set wings, and graceful swept tail, remained in production until 1984, by when 250 examples had been built. The toll on Lockheed, however, was too great and after the TriStar it withdrew from the commercial aircraft business. In this revealing insight into the L-1011, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons reveals the full story of this airliner’s design, development and service over the decades since 1970.
L-1011 TriStar and the Lockheed Story
Title | L-1011 TriStar and the Lockheed Story PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas J. Ingells |
Publisher | T A B-Aero |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Transportation |
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Lockheed TriStar
Title | Lockheed TriStar PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Simons |
Publisher | Air World |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2021-11-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781526758828 |
In April 1972, after six gruelling years of design and development, the then Lockheed California Company (now Lockheed Martin) delivered the most technologically advanced commercial jet of its era, the L-1011 TriStar, to its first client, Eastern Airlines. To mark the moment, Lockheed decided to make an impressive statement about the capabilities of its new medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It did so in spectacular fashion. Overseen by two test pilots, a total of 115 crew members, VIPs, Lockheed employees, and selected reporters boarded a TriStar at Lockheed's Palmdale plant in California. The subsequent 4-hour, 13-minute flight to Washington Dulles Airport was achieved with virtually no input from the two pilots in the cockpit, the TriStar's Automatic Flight Control System being 'engaged from takeoff roll to landing'. It was, Lockheed proudly claimed, 'the first cross-country flight without the need for human hands on the controls'. As Lockheed themselves note, in a similar fashion to other iconic passenger airliners before it, the L-1011 had faced daunting challenges on the way to its inaugural flight. Divergent needs from competing airlines led to design challenges. Financial difficulties ravaged its engine's manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, whilst a recession, fuelled by the world's first oil crisis, lessened the demand for commercial airliners. Lockheed, though, battled through these challenges, which even included international allegations of bribery, with the result that the TriStar, famed for its large, curved nose, low-set wings, and graceful swept tail, remained in production until 1984, by when 250 examples had been built. The toll on Lockheed, however, was too great and after the TriStar it withdrew from the commercial aircraft business. In this revealing insight into the L-1011, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons reveals the full story of this airliner's design, development and service over the decades since 1970.
Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
Title | Lockheed L-1011 Tristar PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Upton |
Publisher | Voyageur Press (MN) |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Airplanes |
ISBN | 9781580070379 |
This series provides the enthusiast with a first-ever look at the structure, design, systems, and operation of these high tech wonders of the air. Contains engineering drawings, tech manual excerpts, exploded views, overhaul handbooks, cockpit photos, pilot manual excerpts, factory assembly photos, and more.
Federal Register
Title | Federal Register PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 2013-08 |
Genre | Delegated legislation |
ISBN |
Code of Federal Regulations
Title | Code of Federal Regulations PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 986 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Administrative law |
ISBN |