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A total of 160 L-1011-1 TriStars were built before production ended in 1983, although the majority of these, 119 or 75% of the total, were completed during a four-year period from 1972 to 1975. Most sales of the L-1011-1 were to US operators, with just three airlines, Delta, Eastern, and TWA, taking delivery of 110 combined.
All airframes were retro-converted civilian Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar airliners, previously operated by British Airways and Pan American World Airways, and entered service with the RAF in 1984. TriStar aircraft were purchased following the Falklands War as a result of satisfying an urgent operational requirement for four strategic tanker ...
L-1011-500 leased from Royal Jordanian: Globe Jet: 1 4 Ceased operations in 2007 Gulf Air: 13 Hawaiian Airlines: 8 Hewa Bora Airways: 1 1 Holiday Airlines: 1 Iberia: 1 Leased from Aer Turas and Air Atlanta Icelandic: Istanbul Airlines: 2 Leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic: Kampuchea Airlines: 9 LAM Mozambique Airlines: 1 Leased from TAP Air Portugal
Stargazer is a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar built in 1974, that was modified in 1994 for use by Orbital Sciences (now part of Northrop Grumman) as a mother ship for the Pegasus, a small-lift launch vehicle. As of October 2022, 45 rockets (containing nearly 100 satellites) have been launched from Stargazer.
L-1011 Tristar: Nov 16, 1970: Tri-engine, widebody airliner 99 Cancelled USAF interceptor 104 L-104 Temporary designation for redesigned Excalibur; later officially became Model 49 105 L-105 Temporary designation for Excalibur 129 Model X 1941 high-altitude bomber project competing for Type Specification XC-124 against B-27 and B-28 133 L-133
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: 6 1986 1989 Boeing 747-100 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: Former Pan Am fleet. [citation needed] All aircraft were sold to Delta Air Lines. [citation needed] McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10: 48 1971 2001 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 777-200: Launch customer. One crashed as Flight 232. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: 7 ...
[4] [5] To address this shortfall in mobility, in 1975, under the Advanced Tanker Cargo Aircraft Program, four aircraft were evaluated—the Lockheed C-5, the Boeing 747, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and the Lockheed L-1011. [6] The only serious contenders were Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. In December 1977, McDonnell Douglas's DC-10 was chosen.
Shortly before midnight on December 29, 1972, the Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar crashed into the Florida Everglades, [1] [2] [3] killing 101 people. 3 of the 4 cockpit crew members were killed, [4] two of the 10 flight attendants, and 96 of the 163 passengers were killed. Seventy-five people survived, while 58 had serious injuries.