Last flight of the L-1011

She was delivered to Kansas City to the Airline History Museum yesterday.

Video is at:
http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=8gzepnWkMx4

My 16 year old niece shot these images...

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These are some good shots. Are all L-10's retired now? I just learned about that Delta crash at DFW a few days ago in class and wondered if they were still being used.

She did a good job. Will she be back?

I'm told that this was the last of the planes in the US. She'd been sitting in Roswell NM for 3 years. We had quite a time convincing the FAA she was airworthy (took a year) so we could get a ferry permit to bring her to the museum. She'd undergone a recent interior renovation and is gorgeous. I'll be down shooting video the last 1/2 of the week and I'll get some interior shots.

We certainly hope my niece Kelcy will be back. She's got considerable natural talent. Now I just need to teach her how to use a camera.

As of early last year the RAF was still operating them. I would imagine they would still be in the air today.

She will be missed!

Neat shots! I reckon the L-1011's were retired for fuel cost issues now that most airlines are flying twins and they can use them on ETOPS.

adamsti wrote in post #9517568
As of early last year the RAF was still operating them. I would imagine they would still be in the air today.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll do some more investigation.

JBillings wrote in post #9517295
I'm told that this was the last of the planes in the US.

That is correct, there aren't any more L-1011's in the US, but there are still 19 of them in operational service throughout the rest of the world. A good half of that number is military use.

nice shot..sad to see the tri-holers dwindling. I fly the competitor (kc-10) but have always appreciated the looks and advancements the Tristar brought to the table. Ahead of its time!

What was the particular history of this tail? Ex Delta?

Good for her! I set up my camera for my cousin's wife & she got some killer shots. I wish she took more pictures on her own.

A great jet... and a cool capture of the end run

Nice pictures, great that you caught this one.

I photographed the Orbital Stargazer L-1011 in 2008 at Kona Hawaii while carrying a Pegasus rocket. Has that one been retired, it occasionally flies out of Edwards AFB?

I flew transatlantic in a TWA L-10 many years ago. It was an impressive plane.

Isn't there also a flying eye clinic (ala Doctors Without Borders) somewhere that's in an L-10?

Pretty sure I've seen it on the ramp down at Tucson International from time to time.