When the family first started with Ambassadair, they were still flying 707s. I flew them a couple times. Noisy as heck as I recall.
-D > On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:13 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The L-1011 was probably the best of that generation, sadly it never sold as > well as the DC-10, which was NOT the best of that generation. > > Beautiful aircraft, and I've heard it was nice to fly as well. > > >> On Dec 4, 2021, at 4:54 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________ > 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
