It was recently made available on YouTube a footage about a Düsseldorf-Fuerteventura flight on a LTU L-1011 that shows what a charter flight looked like in the 80s.
Video uploaded by Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture
AGD Systems takes six TriStars from RAF
Defense Contractor AGD Systems announced recently that it will operate six ex-Royal Air Force TriStars which will return to civilian operation (these aircraft once belonged to British Airways and Pan Am) and will be available for military contracts.
The six aircraft have already the following N-numbers assigned:
- msn 193V-1157 | N304CS
- msn 193V-1164 | N405CS
- msn 193V-1165 | N309CS
- msn 193V-1174 | N705CS
- msn 193Y-1186 | N507CS
- msn 193Y-1188 | N703CS
Ex-British Airways examples (193V) are air-to-air refueling capable while the two ex-Pan Am (193Y) are in ordinary passenger configuration. These aircraft are intended to be deployed on the very same missions they performed for RAF such as "refueling, cargo, personnel and medivac missions globally".
Stargazer turns blue
Following the recent merger of Orbital Sciences Coporation with Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Stargazer - the only active L-1011 left in the world - got a revised paint job that reflects the new corporate identity.
At least two more launches of the Pegasus rocket are scheduled until 2017.
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| N140SC © Orbital ATK |
N91011 is ready to fly
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| N91011 © TriStar History and Preservation, Inc |
According to TriStar History and Preservation, Inc, N91011 (ex-CS-TMR) is now ready for its ferry flight to Kansas City where it will be preserved in TWA colors.
The L1011 (N91011) now effectively ready to fly resides at its restoration site Pacific Aerospace in Victorville, California. We’ll ferry it to Kansas City as the next steps for painting and parking are finalized.
It has been a long marathon to bring the aircraft back to an airworthy status so let's hope everything goes fine for the flight to its final resting place.
TriStar Inc's related newsletter can be read here.
TWA's TriStars and Court Line footage
We would also like to suggest a very interesting video on Youtube about Court Line's L-1011 and some of its special features:
Also, Jon Proctor's full article about TWA's TriStars is now available for reading on its own website.
