Originally Posted by
ATSA1
I flew on Alpha India the year before her overrun at LBA, back from Naples to Gatwick..and was on the flight deck for the landing...lovely aeroplane..Its a real shame that Lockheed bailed out of the civil market after the TriStar, it was far superior to the DC10, if a tad pricier!
I was at Ascension when the first TriStar 500 came in, still wearing CA on the nosewheel door, and flown by BA crews.One of the engineers said that the Tristar had 3 times the payload of the VC10, for the same fuel burn..no wonder BA dumped the Viccy 10s so sharpish!
Both of them Queens of the Skies!
BA dropped the Tristar 500s sharpish too: hence you saw a RAF ex BA Tristar at Ascension