L-1011 Tristar as ugly as it gets?

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Apr 22, 2020, 9:35 am

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I also seem to remember a promo film from the mid 70's where the TriStar was dubbed by BA as the high, wide and handsome way to fly

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Apr 22, 2020, 9:38 am

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Originally Posted by rockflyertalk

This reminds of the MD-11, I had the opportunity to fly with AA on one.

What were the key differences between;

DC10
Tristar
MD11

Did BA only have the Tristar?

BA had DC-10's

Apr 22, 2020, 9:42 am

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L-1011: the most advanced collection of steam-powered flying automation ever to take flight.

Let's not talk about the maintenance hours...

Apr 22, 2020, 9:43 am

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Originally Posted by Can I help you

Cottage Close, 5 toilets in a row.

Or Penny Lane if you're not that way inclined

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Apr 22, 2020, 9:46 am

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Originally Posted by Jamier45

Tristar never took me to nice places, just war zones!

It took me to Malaga

Apr 22, 2020, 9:56 am

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BA had DC-10's

Only after 1988 when they took over BCAL. To my knowledge the DC-10s operated unilquely from LGW.

The L1011 was a lovely aircraft . I really cannot remember when they left the fleet.

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Apr 22, 2020, 9:57 am

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Cottage Close, 5 toilets in a row.

Love it

Apr 22, 2020, 10:00 am

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It took me to Malaga

Oh yes, I forgot it did short and longhaul, like the 767s. I presume the 767 was the Tristar replacement?

Apr 22, 2020, 10:02 am

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It took me to Malaga

Some might say there isn’t much difference come nighttime

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Apr 22, 2020, 10:10 am

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Oh yes, I forgot it did short and longhaul, like the 767s. I presume the 767 was the Tristar replacement?

The original TriStar 1's were historically ordered by BEA.

By the time they arrived in 1975 BEA had merged with BOAC to become British Airways. They were used on the main European trunk routes. With the additional range of the 200's and later 500's they were then ordered and deployed further afield. I'm guessing under state control and the UK Government dictations to buy British (TriStar was Rolls Royce powered), BEA/BA may have been obliged to order them in the first place and more of them subsequently.

I don't think the 500's were particularly well regarded by the airline and most had found their way to the RAF and other airlines by the mid 80's

The last remaining 1's and 200's were retired in 1996 by which point the 767 was the logical 'mid-fleet' aircraft with superior economics.

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Apr 22, 2020, 10:13 am

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Flew the BCal DC10 to Hong Kong with stopover in DXB quite regularly in the early to mid eighties
also the Tristar BA from Lax to lhr later on in the eighties actually preferred the DC10 but that’s maybe because I was a BCal fan

Apr 22, 2020, 10:13 am

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My fond memory of the TriStar (probably TWA) was seeing the exit doors roll down from their storage in the upper fuselage. Looked like magic. In addition to the fast plane, let me add the Connie and the really fast plane (although with only 2 seats) to the pretty mix. Lockheed always did beautiful designs.

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Apr 22, 2020, 10:15 am

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What is this fast plane of which you speak?

You really must watch this in its entirety.

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Apr 22, 2020, 10:17 am

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Loved it. I flew it to Hong Kong and to the US I think. On one flight I was in the jump seat on the flight deck (as a regular passenger, the whole plane was full). I recall there were two pilots and a flight engineer. Even back at that time I recall the captain commenting to the FE that his job was a dying breed!