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The Big Tri-Jet
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LOCKHEED TRISTAR FLEET |
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Delayed Debut (or the L-1011 The advent of the Boeing 747 wide-bodied airliner stimulated a surge of airline traffic growth throughout the world and across the United States. The potential market encouraged other manufacturers to add more wide-bodied types (8-10 abreast seating instead of 6). For the short-haul, the twin-engined European Airbus was to make its mark, and the traditional adversaries of piston-engined times entered the field. Douglas and Lockheed both offered tri-jet candidates that were quite similar in design. The former was quickly off the mark, and its DC-10 went into service with American Airlines on 5 August 1971. |
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The L-10U TriStar, N31001, shows the revised ‘outlined’ TRANS WORLD marking. |
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Lockheed was handicapped by its engine manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, coming face-to-face with financial ruin (its shares dropped briefly to one penny) and was saved from oblivion only by intervention by the British government. Production of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was in abeyance for many months. Then, on 29 March 1968, the program was launched in grand style, with a total order book for 144 aircraft, of which T. W.A.’s share was 44, but the uncertainties were such that the eventual firm order date was 7 May 1971. T. W.A. TriStar service started on 25 June 1972.
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COMPARISON OF L-1011 VARIANTS UP BY TWA
