As many people have said before and will continue to say in the future....411A you talk utter crap....dont let the FACTS get in the way of a good story.
The aircraft was a disaster for Lockheed, it was unreliable, underperformed, and worse still despite alleged bribing of govts, a financial disaster for the company due to poor sales. This lead to production ceasing in 1983 after the sale of only 250 units of all variants and lockheed pulling out of civil airliner production. The basis of the aircraft was sound with many advances in technology being pioneered by the aircraft, (dark cockpit concept being one). But it simply did not shape up to the competition as well as being too fragile. The DC10 was in comparison damn right agricultural! but....it worked, sure it had its problems too that have been well documented over the years, but from a reliability and performance front the L1011 never came close.
We all know how much you hate the "limeys" 411A but dont blame us for the failings of the Tristar (apart from the engines lol).
Last edited by bluepilot; 10th Jan 2011 at 00:03.