L1011 Departure From Atlanta

[murdamechanik]

I love hartsfield airport

[MegaADZZY]

God this baby is 31 years old

[ThrashATL]

I remember taking one from ATL to DFW and there were 40 people on board, it was being moved there for an early flight out of DFW (Hawaii?). The day had been incredibly hot and humid and when the engines were fired and the A/C came on, condensation came pouring out of the vents like the fog machine at some all night rave. The thing rattled and clattered down the runway and seemed to articulated like a centipede as each 50 feet section or so lifted off the ground. Disconcerting!

[DavidHill333]

L 1011 was a joy to fly as a passenger ! The BEST !

[dpaanlka]

Wait when was this filmed? Was surprised to see an AirTran bird chillen on the taxiway. Must have been right near the very end of L1011 operations?

[bml33]

@dpaanlka - August 2000, about a year or so before Delta stopped flying them.

[pedrojigler]

i worked has a cabin crew in a L-1011

[Neanderthalmanny]

Looks pretty much like a 500 to me....

[Zlin0035]

beatuiful looking in the Delta OC :D

[bml33]

@XXXGhostGrenadeXXX - August 2000.

[Myggomag]

is it a 500 or 100 /250?

[bml33]

@Myggomag - L-1011-385-1

[Myggomag]

@bml33  the 100 version ??

[bml33]

@bml33 Not sure.

[Myggomag]

@bml33 its a 100 then?

[Myggomag]

@bml33 fack :/ aight maybe its is a 200 ?

[TheMtaTeam]

@bml33 3:07 is a race lol

[LandRoverWay23]

I like this Delta color scheme. The logo on the doors make the planes look aggressive.

[Flyboy3245]

I would kill to go back to the goldendays..

[firemanbart]

I flew on the TWA L1011's what a great plane. In the 80's i got to cater the DELTA L1011's when they would have to sub aircraft. The galley was in the belly of the plane and they had two elevators up to the main cabin.

[jonnyblooz]

My favorite all time aircraft. I last sat in her in 1992 from ATL to ORL. Same paint scheme and all. Hearing that distinctive buzzsaw sound really brings it back. I loved how Delta painted their logo on the engines. Nobody else had that look.

[jonahair747meteors6]

wow these where the years airlines had great planes now they have airbuses that computers fail on all the time

[RCKTBOY7]

@jonahair747meteors6 Finally! Someone who agrees with me!

[tenor175]

I've missed that take off sound.......thank you for a great video...I worked for TWA as a flight service manager.....

[knaphilllee]

AWESOME!



[DansJets]

great departure, the 1011 was a great airplane, handles like a gem. Always enjoyed the rolls royce power.

[hotrod869]

this had to have been post 9/11 cause Delta discontinued those old old colors after. Also to u those colors seen on the md-80's b4 takeoff must have been the new colors to u back then right.

[RCKTBOY7]

@hotrod869 MD-88!!

[SFConifer]

Rolls Royce RB211s at your service.

[MrJohnnylama]

Thanks so much for posting this video i have never gotten the shear size of the tires or the engine compared to person a!

[edmonton67]

The flaps on the 1011 were so unique. Unlike anything on any modern aircraft flying today. Fabulous video!!!!!

[maverick967]

the good ole days with l1011s and 737-200

[USA7371]

what about the 727s?

[antimatterXXXIII]

Let's face it, the wing design on the airplane was light years behind the 757 and 767 - that is what killed it.

[jjayi3]

@antimatterXXXIII Actually the L1011 was state of the art for it time based on the wing design and a few other things. This aircraft was produced way before 76 and 75, though those AC wings are amazing in themselves. Basically two different eras.

[tobiasf1]

excellent video sir.

[Rabbitz106]

I agree with boomernavy! ! to bad they were born in a wrong time

[BoomerNavy70]

For some reason this plane was always a comfort when you knew she was going to be your aircraft for a trip.

That was back in the days when the airlines appreciated your business and flying was a joy not an overwhelming task.

[trent8002003]

To answer the question as to why the Tristar was discontinued, first it was locked in a mutually destructive sales battle with DC10, which hurt both MDC and Lockheed bad AT a time when the oil crisis depressed air travel greatly and then it was squarely beaten by the new gen 2 engine airliners from Airbus and Boeing in the fuel economy dept. The Tristar was beautiful and really advanced for her time. But she was born into the wrongest possible time.

[LaminaDieWills]

You forgot to mention that Rolls royce nearly went bust manufacturing the engines for the Tristar & struggled to make profit for Lockheed who,accepted a great investment to keep up with MD Corp.But the DC10 suffered its own downfall with its design flaws & bad engineering which caused many fatal crashes in its early years.If you measure the success between the 2, the TriStar comes up trumps everytime,both in performance,airline choice, reliability,likability, and overall success over the years!

[trent8002003]

Operationally and technically, the Tristar won hands down agst the DC10. But commercially, the DC10 was LESS of a failure than the Tristar because it sold more copies due mainly to the intercontinental DC10-30s.

[Rabbitz106]

so the DC10 had better range than the Tristar? .. to bad Tristar didn't make a Long range version. thatway the might won against the DC10.

[trent8002003]

The Tristar did have a long range version, the L1011-500. But it came to the market too late (thanks to the RR debacle) after the long range DC10 had more or less swept 90% of the share. It was available from around 1979 when the first long range DC 10-30 was available in 1972.

[titan123]

do u hear that distinctive low engine rumble

[stevekach]

this was the glory days of com. aviation IMO. The great planes such as 727, L-1011, DC 9, MD-11 and DC-10.......I miss those planes.

[bigdawgbear]

I miss them too! The end of an era, for sure.

[candy19817]

@stevekach  ..... I miss those planes too .... my Dad still worked for Delta Air Lines at that time .....

[kingair81r]

Because it had ended its designed life span and was replaced with more effecient newer aircraft(777) that could perform its seat capacity routes.

[pensoken]

why such a beautiful plane like the 1011 was dicontinued ??

[jdknetts]

Unfortunately, Boeing out-sold Lockheed, and more efficient twin engine aircraft eclipsed the Tri-Star in trans-Atlantic service as well. Now, in my humble opinion, you'll never find a smoother flying plane... not even the big Boeings can compete (yes, I've flown in 777s an 747s)... but, Lockheed lost hundreds of millions when a superbly designed and FAR ahead of its time aircraft just wasn't bought by anyone. So they discontinued production early.

[300man04]

i have a picture of an aa 727 next to one of these..nice video this is a long time ago.

[revdec]

I flew with Delta on an L1011 from Shannon, Ireland to Atlanta in 1988, great aircraft and great airline

[infinityjet]

best seat in the house

[rlessg1000]

They still fly ATL-FLL and FLL-ATL, except now they use 767s.

[RCKTBOY7]

My dad flew these. When I was little I called them the L ten and eleven.

[grassroot3]

I really miss those days, the loud B732, the 1011 and the old color scheme

[bml33]

thanks!

[89Delmar]

you taped in the year 2005?, you know probobly do know where is the Delta L1011 Tristar since 70's, 80's, 90's and the year 00's in the Atlanta Takeoff.

[incheon]

I like that departure!That UA 737 departing right next to u is awesome, prolly headed for KORD.Nice video!

[omarbearcub]

Great job nice film

[grassroot3]

i would say this is probably 1998

[bml33]

August, 2000.

[mycah808]

A year later and these old bird would be gone.

[FlyVzla]

what year was this???

[tobiasf1]

What a beautiful climb. Thank you so much for sharing.

[VMKDarthVaderRox]

when was this???

[dobbietwo]

Love the L1011. Flew on a number of Delta flights. Great bird!!

[WCD73]

The Co Pilot or the First Officer as their actually called always goes down to the tarmac and inspects the plane and makes sure that it's in good flying condition and inspects the tires and kicks them too,what's so humorous about a FO doing his or her job correctly?

[MikeMoneyMiami]

hahaha- cant believe they used to fly these atl to fll, ah the days when no one cared about hedging and rising gas prices

[tomno00]

well distance is not the only determinant in selecting an aircraft. delta still fly's 767's from atl to jfk.... im guessing to support the heavy demand.

[bml33]

Back in the 70s there were domestic 747s too! Delta still uses the heavy jets like 767s on the high capacity domestic routes - to Florida.

[lisdoddestraat]

united airlines with a 747-400 LAX-ORD

[RicardoNY1]

How times change! I flew on a couple of these machines when Eastern Airlines had them. Good airplanes. They had their time.

[steven85buster]

you can see the 757, the 727 the tri engine aircraft, the CRJ, the DC-9, and the MD-80 and the 767 all on take off..nice variety of airplanes...the smaller aircraft i hav no idea whatt they are called

[strassj]

I always want to ride in those Lockheed Tristar! Sadly I never got chance, O' glory Lockheed L1011 Tristar!

Love those design!

[BossShinoda98]

The Tri stars still fly on....chartered that is. i flew one back in 2002 from Okinawa Japan to S. Korea. And agaiin for the last time I came back from Iraq on one. I love these birds. They to me are a more pleasent aircraft to look at with there blended Number 2 engine design where as the DC-10 and its bigger wingletted brother the MD-11 have there number 2 looking somewhat incomplete.

[steven85buster]

dam great old skool vid..and that was the biggest dang airport i ever seen in my life. and i live next to DFW here in dallas

[hawk4174]

Do you know airline that was that took off at the same time the L-1011 took off/

[bml33]

It is a United 737.

[cubsrule2040]

I'm amazed Delta used the 1962 livery going into 1997 rather than changing it in either the seventies or eighties

[trollblazer]

This airplane was extremely well designed, it was way ahead of its time. The only one that comes close is a 777, and that's saying something about the good ol' TriStar... a Tru Lockheed !

[MikeSap2]

Love this plane.. so beautiful and comfortable. Flew one EWR-BDA in 87.

[MMSband737]

Rofl at 0:04 XD

[steven85buster]

hell yea that shit was pretty funny..looks like bout to take a shit in front of everbody

[RavanLima]

I flew on this to Peru from atl

[archietherobot]

My first flight on a Tristar was when I flew AMS-JFK on a TWA L-1011 back in '87. It would be my last time, they're all gone now.

Thanks for posting this, the overwing view brings back good memories...

[bryanb16th]

My first time and flight was on an L1011, Delta DL38 ATL-AMS-STR. back in Oct. 1993, man I miss these big girls. My new boo is the 763ER.

[w5pda]

Boomer, I couldn't have said it better :-)

[BoomerNavy70]

There was that distinctive engine noise that always felt comforting.

For the many times that I flew them there was never another plane I enjoyed more. It was like flying through the air while you were sitting in a lounge chair.

I always felt safe on this plane even going through some pretty bad turbulence and visability issues. It was sad to see them go. But then again, everything changes.

If you ever get the chance to fly in one take it. You will see what I mean.

[jmkpns]

Doesn't seem like those RR engines are as loud as the GEs on the DC-10, I guess the L1011 was a quieter plane.

[mycah808]

yes the L-1011 was pretty quiet. I guess thats why Eastern Airlines nicknamedit the "whisperliner".

[jmkpns]

Since I haven't flown on the L1011, how was this aircraft compared to the new 767-400 that replaces it?

[waffen2]

miss the hum of those rolls royce engines

[MD11Lover]

Very nice! I like the parallel takeoff. Bring back the Widget, Delta!

[GraysonBuzz]

My favorite all-time plane. I was fortunate enough to get to do a roundtrip on TriStars from ATL to LAX and back in 1996 for an interview trip when I was getting out of college.

[bsartist]

The L1011 was a great plane. I only ever got the chance to fly on one once back in 97.

[kaiokken]

RB211 engines really have a beautiful grunt. There's a vid out there with Euro Atlantic taking off from Manchester... and a lovely point where the high whine and low roar both come into sync at full throttle... beautiful...

[TheDragonseut]

When have you film this ?? pls?

very great vid

[bml33]

thanks. this was filmed August 24, 2000.

[TheDragonseut]

thx :D

Very great airplane

Its very rare today

[cubsrule2040]

Delta was already operating their 737-800s then, but I don't see any.

I kinda wish I was on an L-1011

[dapako]

legal mesmo....