TWA Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1011 TriJets Final Flights 1997 - Landing And Takeoff

[sparrowlt]

Ahhh.. the lovely L-1011..my favorite airliner.. too bad there is none today doing pax service... It was quite an unfair history.. it was technically and reliability superior to the DC-10 (the proof is that no L-1011 crashed due to mechanical failure and on those who crashed due to weather or pilot error there were survivors (except that Saudia flight but that wasnt a crash and all people died due to the pilots incompetence handling evacuation)

[upiluften]

@sparrowlt From what I've read the L-1011 was harder to maintain than the DC-10.. but it was, indeed, safer.

[exeuroweenie]

I miss them,such comfortable planes.

[gryhze]

I flew TWA from SFO-JFK-CDG-ZUR on a L-1011. I had to transfer at JFK, but stayed on the same L-1011 from JFK to ZUR. Always enjoyed TWA - it was my first jet airline flight in 1968 on a 707.

[Quaigy1]

My only flight on an L-1011 was in 1986 on TWA from Denver to St. Louis. I cherish that experience after flying on so many DC-10s. Sorry I didn't get to fly on more L-1011s. I miss them.

[upiluften]

I love the L-1011 and I love TWA.. I'd give up so many things just to see one of those things fly again. Thanks for sharing. :)