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I sure miss this RB211 start-up noise. Watch the video, and you'll see when she starts smoking after the fan takes the air thru the compressor and combustion chamber.
Courtesy: Mark Messer
Goodyear Airport Arizona yesterday. Ex-Air Canada (C-FTNJ) Lockheed L-1011-385 now registered N140SC & owned by Northrop Grumman as Air Launch Platform for the Pegasus Air Launch Vehicle. This is the last Airworthy Example of the type left anywhere in the world.
📸 Jakob Taylor
Can you imagine how successful the L1011 would have been if
@AmericanAir
had gone with this plane instead of having the chaotic DC10 disaster they had?
Delta Airlines L1011 seen at LGW in 1998 with a Caledonian Airways L1011 lifting off in the background. Image credit to respective owner (not my image)
United Airlines L-1011, flying over downtown San Francisco. Check out the double decker Embarcadero Freeway (480) that is now long gone. Such a terrific shot!
📸 Bryon Key
What's your thought? Should Lockheed have placed some lavatories in the central area of the cabin? That's a somewhat long walk if you were in an urgent need to go.
Pan American Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar (N505PA & N507PA) at Lockheed's (Plant 10) production facility, at Air Force Plant 42 Palmdale, CA – April 1980. Erik Simonsen photo
Delta Airlines Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar (N727DA) on the final assembly line. Lockheed facility (Plant 10) at Air Force Plant 42 Palmdale, CA during March 1979 📸 Erik Simonsen
Air Canada L-1011s seen in storage during 1991...they would make a comeback when the A340s deliveries to AC were delayed. Air Canada would paint them into their new colours with white fuselage and dark green tail.