JMC Tristars

[evolante]

Heard relaibly that The Guvnor is looking to acquire JMC's parked Tristars - are these GF-bound orgoing to stay in the UK?

[Pilot Pete]

If you're talking about the same JMC as I'm thinking about, you'd better check your sources! Tristars?

PP

[tailscrape]

Pete,

I think you will find Caledonian had Tristars.....and five (in various states of repair) are parked in the desert at Abu Dhabi.....allegedly.

So there we go!

[evolante]

Pete the serial numbers are 1083,1093,1101 and 1106.

Interestedto hear they may be in Abu Dhabi

Guvnor's quiet..... :D

[simbad3000]

Pilot Pete: There only one thing worse than someone who doesn’t check their sources - and that's someone accusing someone else of not checking their sources without checking their sources! :)

JMC’s four TriStars are G-BBAE, G-BBAF, G-BBAH and G-BBAJ.

Built in 1974 and 1975 if my sources are correct. :cool:

[Eff Oh]

Yeah its true. Our Tristars are parked up in the desert. Apparently (according to the accounts) the tristars have not been sold yet. So I am sure if The Guv wants them, and he has the cash......

Maybe he just wants them coz its got "Caledonian" printed on the side!! :D :D I think its the closest he will get to the name! (Sorry Guv) :D :D

Eff Oh.

[wysiwyg]

Being picky here but technically they were never JMC TriStars but Cally TriStars.
Anyway, I hope they go soon as apparantly parking them up there is costing us a fortune so I heard.

regards
wizzy

[Doctor Cruces]

To digress slightly, Is EI-CNN still parked up at AUH??

[EGCC4284]

Pete, How you doing and are you still still in a job. Hows your family. E-Mail me.

[The Guvnor]

Doc Cruces - last time I was at Gamco, EI-CNN was still there. Did you know that it was originally delivered to Court Line?

[G-BBAE]

ex G-BBAI (3C-QRL) still lives on, how?
What are the ex Caledonian Tristars being used as and which have been scrapped.

[Engineer]

G-BBAH is mentioned in this thread (http://www.pprune.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=138709)

[TheOddOne]

Good Grief!

I remember all those being delivered to BEA! They used to fill up the Bravo cul-de-sac with huge clouds of white smoke every time they did a wet start and the low-frequency vibration on ground idle used to go right through my head.

We had a CS reg L1011 in at LGW the other day, a bit 'tired' looking but it turned around OK.

Apart from that, we just don't see them around any more.

TOO

[G-BBAE]

How many L1011s remain in active service, all i can think of now is ATA that operate them.

[GOLF-INDIA BRAVO]

There are a few in Portugal operating for YES and I think someone else
plus of course those luvely RAF machines
at Brize

G-I-B

[GrahamK]

Air Luxor are also still operating the Tristar I believe

[Engineer]

List of operating Tristars here (http://flytristar.tripod.com/page/fleet.html)

and you can check serial numbers against previous registration here (http://www.jetphotos.net/census/listing.php?model=L1011)

website was last updated 2 years ago :)

[Dan Winterland]

Orient Thai still run a couple I believe, and there's one in Air Kampuchea colours.

[G-BBAE]

Ah yes the RAF Tristars, they sometimes pop into Linton on Ouse.
Does anyone know if G-BBAE is full scrapped yet or just derelict at Abu Dhabi.

[Engineer]

1083 L1011-1-14(100) RB211-22B 1974-10-19 DUCOR WORLD AIRLINES C-FCXB, G-BBAE [CVTD -1][STD @ AUH][TO BE CVTD TO FRTR]

[flystarboy]

If i remember rightly some of the Cally TriStars have been sold on to a freighter company with liberian reg`s there was a thread on here a while ago and also if you search on airliners.net under L1011 I think you may find piccys of the decomm`d fleet.Or another website is PlanePictures

[G-BBAE]

What is keeping these L1011s flying, 5 years ago everyone was expecting them to be crushed but out of the 5 or so that went to Abu Dhabi 2 or 3 are still flying and the other 2s whereabouts are unknown, for example in Feb 2004 G-BBAE was reported derelict, but now its reported after 5 years of storage its to be converted to a freighter.

[G-BBAE]

G-BBAE has been broken up, a very very sad day for me learning today she is now not even standing.

[PPRuNeUser0172]

Hate to be a stickler, (actually I love it) didnt JMC have DC10's

[Wycombe]

.....yes they did (ex-Cally aswell), the L10's never made it into those lovely green colours.

[G-BBAE]

The original G-BBAI and G-BBAH are now the last 2 surivors, lets hope they keep on going.
Im still trying to figuire out which one i flew on from Manchester to Tenerife if Jan 99, is there an old movements page?