Airline History Museum fighting for survival

Airline History Museum (legally Save A Connie, Inc) which runs an aviation museum in Kansas City Airport (MCI) has lost access to its hangar - for more than three years now - while fighting a legal battle against Kansas City Aviation Department and Signature Flight Support who are trying to evict the museum from their facilities at the airport, which would mean the end of it.

N700TS, msn 193B-1066 @ MCI

Airline History Museum has a large and relevant aircraft collection, including a Lockheed Constellation and a Lockheed L-1011.

Although a final decision has been postponed several times, the new deadline is now October 7, 2025. You can follow the case at the museum's website:

• AHM: FAA issues its fifth notice of extension in case against the KCAD

TAP Air Portugal relaunches Los Angeles (LAX) route

TAP Air Portugal started flying to Los Angeles in April 1989 using the L-1011 TriStar 500. The route, called the "Bi-coastal" was seasonal and only lasted until the early 90s.

Yesterday, TAP relaunched the route to Los Angeles, 6 years after flying again to San Francisco, this time using their A330neos.

I thought it would be nice to remember those days when the L-1011 was the flagship of the fleet:

Barq Aviation L1011-500 Karachi to Islamabad

This is a nice footage of a position flight during what was probably one the last L-1011 passenger flights operation in 2013. Barq Aviation was operating for Askari Aviation out of Pakistan:

by Ian M - flymajj

Portuguese L-1011 fleet status 2024

This is the current status of the last bearers of a "CS-" registration mark:

• MSN 1206 euroAtlantic CS-TMX - scrapped at Lisbon (LIS/LPPT)
• MSN 1240 euroAtlantic CS-TEB - stored at Amman (ADJ/OJAM)
• MSN 1248 Luzair CS-TMP - scuttled in the Gulf of Aqaba

As this website is soon to reach its 25th anniversary, I would to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2025.

Historic Flashbacks - First Flight of the Lockheed Tristar

This is a very nice footage of the Palmade's Final Assembly Line facility dedication by President Ronald Reagan and of the L-1011's first flight in November 16, 1970.

by Airline News with Geoffrey Thomas