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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") [1] is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation.It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
The following is a list of past and present commercial operators and past military operators of the Lockheed L-1011: Commercial operators ... L-1011-500 leased from ...
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Lockheed L-1011-200 TriStar (registered in Saudi Arabia as HZ-AHK). It made its first flight on 13 July 1979, and was delivered to Saudia on 21 August 1979. [5]: 89 [6] The captain of the flight was 38-year-old Mohammed al-Khowyter, a Saudi who was hired by Saudia in 1965.
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 ...
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.
The aircraft was a 2 year old Lockheed L-1011-385 Tristar (Serial number 193C-1077) and was delivered to Delta on 24 May 1974 (registered as N707DA), at the time of the accident, had 5,000 flight hours. The captain was 56 year old Jack McMahan, who had 23,000 flight hours, of which 2,000 were in the L-1011.
On August 2, 1985, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating Flight 191 encountered a microburst while on approach to land at DFW. The aircraft impacted ground just over one mile (1.6 km) short of the runway, struck a car near the airport, collided with two water tanks and disintegrated.
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