When launched, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the most technologically-advanced widebody commercial airliner ever. This ...

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar almost bankrupted the company due to production delays and limited demand in the trijet market. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 had a problematic safety record but outsold ...

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 ...

In the 21st century, spotting a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar in the sky is like spotting a dodo right before the species went kaput. In 2023, there's only one TriStar left in service. Don't think it's ...

Lockheed Martin's plane (then called the Lockheed California), the L-1011 TriStar, changed that on May 25, 1972 with the first cross-country flight using an automatic flight control system (AFCS ...

His L-1011 Tristar jetliner, No. N728DA, was the last of the Lockheed-built jetliners in Delta's fleet, and the flight from Orlando, Fla., to Atlanta was the jet's last before being taken out of ...

Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images Aviation Week was invited to join a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar training sortie, which included a demonstration of the main procedures involved in a typical air launch.

Part of this plan saw its Lockheed L-1011 based TriStars being retired ... sales and leasing outfit out of Palos Verdes, CA, the TriStar tanker in question is a mult-irole leviathan of the ...

Would the Lockheed L-1011 once again soar into the wild blue yonder? Could they come watch if it did? And would the new owners — TriStar History and Preservation, which registered the 42-year ...