It’s really sad we basically only have airbus and Boeing for main line commercial aircraft.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:37 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > L-1011 was very advanced for its time. I believe it was the first commercial > airliner with auto-land. If the engines hadn't been sole-sourced wirh Rolls > Royce they might have been more commercially viable. > > Sort of wish Lockheed had stayed in the commercial market but the L-1011 was > their swan song. > > > >> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 2:31 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes wrote: >> Say what you will about the L-1011 or DC-10, you never got the BSOD. >> >> Flaming ACTUAL death on a DC-10, occasionally, yes, but that's part of the >> fun. :D >> >> My first attempt to ride an Airbus was in the early 80s; it BSODed and we >> hadda switch to a DC-10. Very comfy ride. >> >> -MMM- >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
