Delta to Retire Last Tristar in ATL Ceremony
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728 will live on apparently. Going to The Flying Hospital as backup to P4-MED. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010731/attu006.html
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Flew an Air Canada 1011 from Montreal to Vancouver in the 1970s. Best flight I've ever had. You could even move the vent controls without standing up, like in the DC10.
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I had an unusual and very lucky experience flying DL about two years ago; I was booked to fly LGW-CVG-LAX, but unfortunately, the LGW-CVG aircraft, an M11, had to divert to SNN with tech problems and the aircraft flying ATL-LAX was an L1011-1; a real blast from the past - very '70s interior, right down to the old stethoscope type brown earphones! But a lovely old machine - very solid, lots of room. Flying back from LAX had been planned as an L1011-500 anyway, so delighted to have got both.
Always regret not having had the chance to fly on CX's L1011 when they had them.
Great airplane in many ways and an admirable safety record - only one crash I can think of, off the top of my head, was the DL crash in DFW in 1985.
Always regret not having had the chance to fly on CX's L1011 when they had them.
Great airplane in many ways and an admirable safety record - only one crash I can think of, off the top of my head, was the DL crash in DFW in 1985.
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And well done Delta! Good job on sending the tristar off in style. A nice touch, giving the employees a chance to say goodbye to an era as Delta finally says goodbye to an aircraft that served them very well over the years.
The American carriers seem to be very good at this kind of thing, setting up museums, commerating one event in their history or another. I remember American repainted a 757 a few years ago in their old 1950's livery, it looked superb! I know a lot of it is probably for marketing reasons but it's a nice touch and the Americans seem to have more nostalgia about aviation then any other country.
I too was an L1011 pilot and have very happy memories of my time spent in that roomy modern cockpit.
The American carriers seem to be very good at this kind of thing, setting up museums, commerating one event in their history or another. I remember American repainted a 757 a few years ago in their old 1950's livery, it looked superb! I know a lot of it is probably for marketing reasons but it's a nice touch and the Americans seem to have more nostalgia about aviation then any other country.
I too was an L1011 pilot and have very happy memories of my time spent in that roomy modern cockpit.
