You can buy one for less than 150K easy....but your not going to fly it for that amount. The AD's on the RB211-22B alone is a killer. I'm buying 524's for less than 10K for scrap. Sad :(
Not anymore....we sold it for tear down then some museum in Kansas bought it and flew it...you can pick up an L1011-1 for less than 150K. Best airplane I've ever owned. No other airliner will ever be built like an L1011......it's a Lockheed !!!
Yep, that's the one. N700TS, which was originally registered to TWA as N31019, and flew for TWA from 1974 (delivered new) to 1997. Sat in storage from 1998 - 2002 in Tucson, AZ, then purchased and repainted by Northeast Bolivian Airlines in 2003, then purchased and repainted again by World Air Leasing in 2004, but WAL went out of business, and the plane never actively flew for WAL. Sat in Texas from 2004 - 2009, until rescued by the Airline History Museum.
@Z06ified Correction: it sat in Texas from 2004 - 2006, then was stored in Roswell, NM from 2006 - 2009 when the Airline HIstory Museum flew it from there to Kansas Cityin December 2009.
@kingkoolkata I agree. I spent a lot of time as a kid flying on TWA's L-1011s, and have fond memories of them. The plane had a lot of personality and style.
yeah :) and the sound of the RB 211 were just unique :)
I flew my whole childhood with LTU's L-1011s at least 3-4 times a year from 84 to 96 :) when flying was something special :)
everyone took a shower , got his suit or some other special clothing on, and everybody was excited :) And especially you got that bit more legroom and nicer service on board :)
children were allowed to visit the flight deck.....
You can buy one for less than 150K easy....but your not going to fly it for that amount. The AD's on the RB211-22B alone is a killer. I'm buying 524's for less than 10K for scrap. Sad :(
SIXXPK 1 month ago
Three people to push the thrust levers...??? Really???!
4crevis 1 month ago
the fact that you can buy a piece of engineering like this for half the cost of most houses is shocking but what are the maintenance and fuel costs?
must be astronomical
manifestgtr 3 months ago
Incredible...those were the days!
aviafilmsproduction 3 months ago
Born, lived and died in the DFW Metroplex...Wonderful plane made by a wonderful company...It surely deserved a much kinder fate...1985 R.I.P...
deetjay1 8 months ago
Why did you sell it? It looks like its in beautiful condition.
mesocat 11 months ago
Not anymore....we sold it for tear down then some museum in Kansas bought it and flew it...you can pick up an L1011-1 for less than 150K. Best airplane I've ever owned. No other airliner will ever be built like an L1011......it's a Lockheed !!!
SIXXPK 1 year ago
@SIXXPK 150k? That's $150,000? How and where in the world might one acquire a former widebody airliner for that small of a sum?
Christoo92 1 month ago
So do you own this plane personally? and if so how much does one of these cost?
goldcoastflyer 1 year ago
Beautiful engine sound. Very quite. Very Nice.
zsifk 1 year ago
Is that actually yours?
Flyglobespan93 1 year ago
fantastic!
tobiasf1 2 years ago
isn't this aircraft bought by the airline history museum in kansas city?
kingkoolkata 2 years ago
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yes this is the flight when it was being retired 3 years before the airline history museum bought it!
maverick967 2 years ago
@kingkoolkata
Yep, that's the one. N700TS, which was originally registered to TWA as N31019, and flew for TWA from 1974 (delivered new) to 1997. Sat in storage from 1998 - 2002 in Tucson, AZ, then purchased and repainted by Northeast Bolivian Airlines in 2003, then purchased and repainted again by World Air Leasing in 2004, but WAL went out of business, and the plane never actively flew for WAL. Sat in Texas from 2004 - 2009, until rescued by the Airline History Museum.
Z06ified 2 years ago
@Z06ified Correction: it sat in Texas from 2004 - 2006, then was stored in Roswell, NM from 2006 - 2009 when the Airline HIstory Museum flew it from there to Kansas Cityin December 2009.
Z06ified 2 years ago
awesome :)
I really hope there will be more museums rescuing the most beautyful aircraft ever built :)
kingkoolkata 2 years ago
@kingkoolkata I agree. I spent a lot of time as a kid flying on TWA's L-1011s, and have fond memories of them. The plane had a lot of personality and style.
Z06ified 2 years ago
yeah :) and the sound of the RB 211 were just unique :)
I flew my whole childhood with LTU's L-1011s at least 3-4 times a year from 84 to 96 :) when flying was something special :)
everyone took a shower , got his suit or some other special clothing on, and everybody was excited :) And especially you got that bit more legroom and nicer service on board :)
children were allowed to visit the flight deck.....
daaaammmm.....that was a good time :)
too sad its over :/
kingkoolkata 1 year ago 4