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Delta Airlines Lockheed l1011 Tri-Star

21.5k FrankieB  8.5 years ago
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Here is my L1011!!! I put it in the Delta colors!
Flight Controls:
ACT-1: Lights
Gear Button: Landing Gear
Controling: Normal
History of the L1011:
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as the L-1011 (pronounced "L-ten-eleven") or TriStar, is a medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It was the third widebody airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The aircraft has a seating capacity up to 400 passengers and a range over 4,000 nautical miles (7,410 km). Its trijet configuration places one Rolls-Royce RB211 engine under each wing, with a third, center-mounted RB211 engine with an S-duct air inlet embedded in the tail and the upper fuselage. The aircraft has an autoland capability, an automated descent control system, and available lower deck galley and lounge facilities.

The L-1011 TriStar was produced in two fuselage lengths. The original L-1011-1 first flew in November 1970, and entered service with Eastern Air Lines in 1972. The shortened, long-range L-1011-500 first flew in 1978, and entered service with British Airways a year later. The original-length TriStar was also produced as the high gross weight L-1011-100, uprated engine L-1011-200, and further upgraded L-1011-250. Postproduction conversions for the L-1011-1 with increased takeoff weights included the L-1011-50 and L-1011-150.

Between 1968 and 1984, Lockheed manufactured a total of 250 TriStars. They were assembled at the Lockheed plant located at the Palmdale Regional Airport in southern California north of Los Angeles. The aircraft's sales were hampered by two years of delays due to developmental and financial problems at Rolls-Royce, the sole manufacturer of the TriStar's engines. After production ended, Lockheed withdrew from the commercial aircraft business due to its below-target sales.[1]
Delta 191:
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled Delta Air Lines domestic service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Los Angeles, via Dallas that crashed on August 2, 1985, at 18:05 (UTC-05:00). The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar operating this flight encountered a microburst while on approach to land on runway 17L (now marked 17C) at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). The pilots were unable to successfully escape the weather event, and the aircraft impacted the ground over a mile short of the runway. The flight hit a car driving north of the airport and impacted two water tanks, disintegrating. The crash killed 136 on board, 128 of the 152 passengers and 8 of the 11 crew, as well as the driver of the car. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the crash resulted from the flight crew's decision to fly through a thunderstorm, the lack of procedures and training to avoid or escape microbursts, and the lack of hazard information on wind shear.

General Characteristics

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 3.01
  • Wing Loading 44.8lbs/ft2 (218.7kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,499.8ft2 (139.3m2)
  • Drag Points 23735

Parts

  • Number of Parts 304
  • Control Surfaces 5
  • Performance Cost 1,107
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    21.5k FrankieB

    @scottishjocks what airplane should I build next? Martinair dc-10 maybe?

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    @scottishjocks in my opinion ithat is! Thanks for the appreciation towards my work and airplanes! It really encourages me to continue

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    @scottishjocks thank you! I worked pretty hard on this plane so you saying that is greatly appreciated

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Scottishjocks this is the l1011

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @HiILikePie thoinks

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    @FrankieB Noice!!!

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @HiILikePie thanks!!!! I worked pretty hard on this! How was my Citation as well?

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    101k Wallaby

    @FrankieB Noice!!!

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @HiILikePie how is it?

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Uncookeddonkey5 no I dont, I want it though

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    Ok thanks, do you play KSP? It's very similar to simple planes but you can go into space and make stations and land on planets.

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    @Uncookeddonkey5 no it's not, it's ImBored

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    @FrankieB Is your steam name FrankieB and I am about to go check out your 747.

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    @Uncookeddonkey5 I do have a steam and thanks!!! I was planning on making a dc-8 very soon as well!!! I just built a delta 747 as well

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    @FrankieB Your building skills are awesome. If you like Delta jets you should build a DC-8. It was also very remarkable and flew around the same time as the TriStar. Keep up the good work!

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    Thanks for upvoting dude. Do you have a steam account so I can friend you?@FrankieB

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Uncookeddonkey5 thanks dude!! That's awesome that your grandfather flew these!!! These are my favorite jetliners

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    Wow dude. This is awesome, my grandfather flew these in the 80s. It's looks so realistic. Good job.

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Mox OK! thanks! I follow you too

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    16.2k Mox

    @FrankieB cool! :) and i saw. I follow you. ;)

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Mox I just posted another private jet by the way

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Mox ooo! I'll see what I can do, but I can promise it

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    @FrankieB

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    21.5k FrankieB

    @Mox could you give me a picture of it?

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