I flew on N194AT and N163AT frequently in the early half of the 1980s as a member of a “Ambassadair”, later known as “ATA” when it was a private travel club. One was a -100 variant, the other a -500 model. Both of these were used for international and long-haul domestic flights as well as charters. There was a third L-1011 in their fleet but I don’t have pictures of it. I think it was destroyed in a ground fire in the late 80s.
My Mom did many, many hours in these as she traveled extensively with them overseas. They had at least one DC-10 I know she flew in with them as well, they might have had more, I don’t recall. They were wonderful aircraft, and really impressive when you were standing next to them out on the tarmac. -D > On Dec 4, 2021, at 1:33 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > L-1011 was the first "big" jet I ever flew in. Boston to Bermuda. Would have > been '87 or so. We took a 727 Portland to Boston... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2021 at 2:37 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 > _______________________________________ 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
