TT-DAE was flying in 2007 anonymously, TT-DWE, ??

I think tt-dae and tt-dwe both belonged to internatonal air express liberia a nice outfit that ran nice freight runs! they must be getting past there best now msn 1093 and msn 1101 both built around 1974

TT-DAE (s/n 1101) is stored in Kyrgyzstan and TT-DWE (s/n 1093) is stored at Ras Al Khaimah.

Plenty of Tristar news on here.
http://www.pprune.org/freight-dogs/2...cyprus-19.html
Well worth the 19 pages.
Be lucky
David

to cremeeg - correction
 

I ferried 3D-AAB from GSO Greensboro to Dakar and then on to Johannesberg on June 4th 2004. It was already registered as 3D-AAB (Swaziland) when we arrived in GSO to make the flight. We had to have Swaziland validations of our US ATPs.
The first takeoff attempt was aborted when the #3 engine vibes went off scale. They lubed the blades and on the second attempt we made it to V2 and had a fire warning in #1 this time. returned to GSO. It turned out on inspection that it was a faulty loop.
On the third attempt we made it all the way to Dakar after losing 2 of the INS units and with an autopilot that wouldn't stay engaged.
WHen we finally got to J'berg the next day, Vadim met us and had us mov the airplane to Mafikeng near Botswana where he kept us "prisoners" for a week. He wanted us to fly for him, but the pay wasn't enough and we were "retired" He did mention "Special Flights" that would pay very well.
That waas the last time I saw the airplane, so thanks for filling me in.

DLC on the L-1011
 

In case nobody has answered your question, The DLC (Direct Lift Control) as you guessed is only in action during approach in landing configuration. When you have the aircraft slowed to approach speed with gear down and flaps in landing position, the spoilers go to a slightly extended position killing some lift and also helping to slow the aircraft with increased drag. On final if you are a bit high and push forward on the yoke the aircraft maintains it's pitch attitude and the spoilers go up a bit more to kill the lift and bring the aircraft back down to the glideslope and in reverse, pulling back on the yoke causes the spoilers to retract proportunate to the yoke movement increasing the lift. The procedure is essentially the same as used by sailplane pilots. The whole purpose is to keep the aircraft in a stable pitch attitude for landing. It made the aircraft a dream to fly and land. The -500 also has MDLC (Manuevering Direct Lift Control) which kept you from overloading the wing roots in a turn at heavy weights. That function, I didn't enjoy, because it felt strange being in a turn and suddenly losing lift. It was a necessary thing structurally for the airplane, but still, it felt strange when it activated.

Vadim Lahktin
 

Does anyone know how to contact VadimLahktin or Andrei Kosapolov? I delivered 3D-AAB to them in June 2004 in Mafikeng S.Africa

Theres a Tristar laid up at STN, been used for pushback/de-icing training for a while now. RAF uses it too for recovery training, and of course the police use it for you know what training