Fantastic that you randomly got to go on a flight on one. Thanks for the comment! I have fond memories of flying in the TriStar and playing with the TriStar. My dad worked for Northeast and because of merger Delta too! Used to go to work with dad and had lots of fun sitting in the left and right seats and going up and down the lifts. The lifts were scary at 3 in the morning especially after the crash and ghost reports.
My dad loved the TriStar; grew to pilot, great to fix, and great to be a passenger on. Due to angle of attack when in … Read more ». They are small enough, with one for the crew member and one for the trolley. I have read about the ghost reports after flight , and I can imagine being there in a hangar at 3am would be fairly spooky, ghosts or no ghosts. Ahh, so the TriStar also cruised at a slightly nose up angle. I knew it had to be more than just the that did that for that story about the carts to be … Read more ».
Yes there was a slight design flaw at altitude and at speed they could not trim the plane up enough to get it level in flight always had a pitch up condition.
Except for insufficient overhead luggage spave, it was a joy to ride. I remember seeing the photos of the cabin, which looked very spacious as a result. I can imagine it would worry some people. I will tell you something. It was a great plane and it gave a wonderful ride. Miss it terribly. You flew bee-wee? Glad to hear the overheads fitted a lot of your stuff. Wish I had a chance to fly on the L!
The lack of overhead bins in the center created an unmatched sense of space. I recall frequent trips on TWA and Delta examples in the 80s and 90s. I wonder why no airline ever retrofitted the cabin with centre bins. Sounds like that would have been fun! You really did fly them with Eastern almost up to the end! Definitely a frequent TriStar passenger then. I love the L aka The Whisperliner. I found the L both more comfortable and quite than the DC It also did not have the annoying vibration of a DC It was almost as comfortable as a Boeing Both my flights with United and this happened.
Very strange! Nice to hear the L was quieter and had less vibration. Wish I had been on one. It uses this ability to […]. Did a westbound just over 3 HRS and a Eastbound in those were the days. Great memories. Thanks for sharing those. Nice that you got to experience both the UK airlines. Somehow I always think. I remember when Bee Wee bought their first ones.
Well the L is a widebody aircraft. Thanks for the comment. Did you know there is one Lockheed L still flying? The Flight Detective. I was an electrical installer and inspector on the L in the early 70s. Im so glad that at least on of these great airplanes is still being flown. Beautiful airplane! Did it ever fly again? Hard to say, but undoubtedly the money aspect of keeping that beautiful bird in top shape must be a consideration of some significance, in my opinion.
Hey, folks. It continues to serve its purpose. PS: I doubt seriously if it will ever fly again again, given the immense costs involved. Love to see it spread its wings and reach for the skies once again! I tried to contact their foundation to see if they made flights with that bird out to various other areas such as ours , since the STEM learning programs at my local air museum Aerospace Museum of California, in Sacramento CA would LOVE to see it and participate in the experience, but never heard back from them.
Money is very likely a major issue here as well as flight safety concerns. What a shame, since it would be absolutely glorious to see that beautiful bird in the air again and touching down at our local former McClellan AFB main runway.
I worked at Delta from to on the L as a hangar Mechanic for the first couple of years doing H checks on them and then in Line Maintenance for the remainder of that time. The L10s were maintenance pigs but I very much enjoyed working on them and to date they still rank number one as my favorite aircraft to have worked on and I have worked on most fleet types for Delta.
I can still remember seeing the smoke during start up and feeling the ground shake from the roar of the engines. Truly an unprecedented design for its time and very unique in so many ways. Dear sir, Could you please call me at Looking for cargo plane to buy or lease.
Thank you Edward. Wonderful planes. My first aircraft assignment with Air Canada. The engines had to be run up in cold weather like that because the RBs could get icing on the fan blades that led to vibrations on takeoff.
So reason for the run up in Calgary. I really liked the Ls, flew overseas on them a lot, especially the later s. I did get some stick time , on ferry flights, but was never checked out as First Officer. Went on to spend a lot of time on the DCs, the B, then on to Airbus series. Still remember the L fondly. Thanks Ray, for the explanation, and what a great career! That was a special flight for me.
I was a 16 year old student pilot and enroute asked if I could visit the flight deck. To my amazement the captain, Doug Moore, got me strapped into the jump seat over Winnipeg and I stayed there for the night landing on then rwy 14 at YYZ. Best AC flight ever. On this Christmas Day, as depressing as this whole year of has been, reading through all the fond recollections of the TriStar here brings to mind another L flight I made to spend Christmas in Switzerland on a Saudi bird in the mids.
It was typical Northern Euro weather we penetrated that day, as we flew an early segment of the Geneva approach over the Alps. Everyone was in a fabulous holiday mood, anticipating the holiday festivities that awaited on the ground, all over Switzerland, of course, and when we at last lined up on final, visibility remained as it had been…pea-soup!
After we all deplaned and went inside the terminal lounge, I lingered by the big windows and gazed admiringly at that Saudi TriStar workhorse! Finally, after a long wait, I spotted the Captain get off the plane with his flight deck cohorts. I worked in the L Service Center in Miami where we were dedicated to that fleet before transferring to Atlanta.
I had a lot of time on the L, a lot of training, factory training, etc. At its inception, it was a complicated airplane with many new innovative systems.
Eastern put a lot into getting the Tristar to a level of reliability necessary for scheduled airline operation. Our engineers, technical services, and maintenance worked through a lot. There are a lot of stories about experiences with the L Most are true. It could often humble the best technician. I wish it would have had the lifespan of other aircraft of its era. A beautiful airplane. Your email address will not be published. Scale and medical device storage. No Posts? No Problem! Robert July 16, Great story.
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David Falknor January 2, Reply to David. One of these was registered as C-FTNJ, which joined the fleet in March and would fly regular passenger service until During this period, it would also spend a very short period flying as a lease with AirLanka the predecessor to SriLankan. Stay informed: Sign up for our daily aviation news digest. In addition to a new paint job, the jet was also fitted with a special apparatus under its belly. This would allow it to carry rockets, which would, in turn, carry satellites.
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