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- First seen is an outdoor shot of a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar taking off from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (PHX). Then, we're inside a TWA TriStar enroute to St Louis (STL) from PHX with push back, engine start, taxi, takeoff (to the west then turning to the NE) and finally a tid-bit shot of what seems to be an educational type of movie shown on board the aircraft. Video recorded on March 24, 1991.
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Another Excellent video. I Love Watching old TriStar footage, thanks for people like you recording this years earlier so we all can see such an Incredible Aircraft that's no longer around.
Glad you liked the return flight aboard an L-1011 too!
@@WAL_DC-6B Yes, i kinda thought that was your return flight back home. Very nice videos Thanks for the TriStar Memories.
Dinner, video, and a wide body for a 2hr 10min flight. Bring me back.
Yep, those were the days.
Best one yet, you can really hear the unique sounds of the RB211-22b in this one!
Man, your content just keeps getting better & better! I love it!
I sure hope your vault has a ton more in it.
+RyanBomar Hey, thanks for the kind comments. I've enjoyed many of your uploaded airline related videos as well. I wouldn't say I have a tone of additional airline material to upload, but more is on the way and my latest is the DC-8 activity at O'Hare.
Love that deep bassy resonance on startup. Shook the whole cabin!
I flew (passenger) on the L1011 so often usually some crew member would recognize me. That aircraft was excellent!
Love TWA1011 flew on it up to Vegas every Friday night then took it back early in the AM same flight crew I just stayed up all night looking forward to the morning departure that’s how much I loved that craft I flew Delta 1011 the most from Lax/Atl so a much longer flight loved it now my favorite is the B777 it’s config was the 2-5-2 in United’s 777-200 I took from SFO/Hal now it’s 3-4-3 idk that but it’s a beauty and also has powerful GE90 engines sounds great like the RR ones on the 1011
Thanks for your comments on the L-1011 and on the Triple 7. I'm looking forward to a flight an international flight on a 777 out of Boston.
AN L1011 is like a playboy playmate of the year!!
Nice curves!
Wow these are great videos! It's crazy to see how much PHX has changed in the past 26 years, and sad to see how busy STL used to be! Subscribed
Phoenix was a much smaller city 30 years ago. Now it resembles Los Angeles.
So glad videos like these are around! My fave airline and airplane. What’s also cool is that my old unit (161 ARW) tankers are in the background.
Thanks so much for posting.
Thanks for your comments and I'm glad I got a shot in the opening of the KC-135s of the 161 ARW you were with!
Before people used to talk each other now is complete silence everybody watching their phones
Yes, that's for sure!
Lockeed sure built a great plane. This video is a great example of how the L1011 sounded during takeoff. Loved and miss that experience. I wanna note, I use to work for their GDS, and had to travel frequently. The GDS was owned by Delta, TWA, and Northwest, so I was primarily traveling on one of these carriers, and with TWA and Delta having the most L1011s, I was on them enough to notice differences. One being, Delta's L1011's were noisier during takeoff, in-flight, and landing. It's as if Delta paid less by not better sound proofing their cabins. I've sat in various locations on each, including business/first, and noticed overtime. However, Delta kept their planes and overall operation looking more up to date.
Interesting observation regarding cabin noise levels in TWA L1011's versus Delta's. Thanks for sharing this!
Thanks for the lovely flight...Brought back many memories!
Flew the TWA L-1011 to/from PHX-STL many times. GREAT memories. Thank you for sharing this.
What became of all the TWA cabin crew????
They were all stapled to the bottom of the seniority list after the merger. Most were furloughed instantaneously and many quit after being furloughed for so many years and went on to fly for other airlines.
I sure miss TWA and the L1011s. Leg room and food and did not have to pay for baggage.
Around 11:00 the large structure within the much larger oval parking lot is Metrocenter Mall. Mall scenes from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure were filmed there en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrocenter_(Phoenix,_Arizona)
Thanks for that information on Phoenix and appreciate the link too!
Brings back memories of flying good ol' TWA AND living in Phoenix! I couldn't see the old original 'Terminal '1''. Back in 1976, I would go to 'Sky Harbor', get into terminal '1'. And right before you got to the 'Delta' 'Continental' & 'Frontier' desks; there was a staircase at the left that said "Observation Deck"! You could go up the flight of stairs & be on TOP of the building!! They had telescopes for a quarter. I would stand up there for hours, with my shirt off catching the desert rays in late October & November, & spend a roll of quarters, just watching planes coming & going, and people getting off on the tarmac of old terminal '1'! (Terminal ONE didn't have air bridges) Does ANYONE ELSE remember that from Phoenix? The days without all this security!
I never got the chance to visit that observation deck at Phoenix. Thanks for sharing your recollections of what it was like to view the planes back then. I remember as a very young kid with my Dad in the summer of 1961 standing on the observation deck at Chicago's Midway Airport. TWA at that time was only flying Constellations and Martin 404s. Talk about great aviation memories!
@@WAL_DC-6B Wow! I would have loved that! All I ever got to ride on TWA, was the same old (seemed that way) Boeing 727 & 1 trip on a Convair 880. I never got to see a Constellation in my life-time!
Never been on a L-1011. Lookes like fun
Too late, there is only one left. It is a flying star observatory.
@@TheWuschelMUC there’s 2 or 3 preserved in Kansas City
Damn I miss the widebody trijets! I grew up in Europe, and we did not have that many L1011s, but we had alot of MD11s and DC10s which I also flew many many times. Got to see a few L1011s thru my childhood tho, but never flew one 😩 But damn all three aircraft types have very distinct sounds. This L1011 does not sound far off from a MD11 especially during spool up and takeoff.
Thanks for this vid, love inflight vids from an aviation era gone. Reminds me of a simpler time, and a much more diverse time with regards to aircraft and airlines. Oh the childhood memories.
Great video.
New York - San Juan route the most popular for the Tri Star
After American Airlines goes out of business, can TWA come back?
What a pleasant thought!
I flew commercial airlines from 98-2011. I flew as a passenger on L1011s several times and really thought the aircraft a great overall experience. I was based at CVG and frequently flew to STL and ATL. Both Delta and TWA operated the aircraft. Lost my medical in 11 due to lower back surgeries and a movement disorder. Miss flying as it was my first choice as a career. It’s great and sad to see theses old videos.
I miss the L-1011 I used to Fly from NYC to STL then on to Arizonia Then I would fly back. The L-1011 was a Majestic Plane to Fly on. I always flew TWA The Crew was Awesome. The aircraft Silent . The 1st time I flew The L10-11 I was Nervous wondering How this Bird would Take off
Damn I miss seeing these birds in STL. Flying American on an A319 to PHX doesn’t compare to flying a widebody TriJet
I think we all miss the older jetliners used in domestic service with their larger, more comfortable, cabin interiors.
Great quality for a 26 year old video. I take it that it was taken with a camera slightly larger than a iPhone.
The camera was about as big as a "family sized" cereal box. You rested it on your shoulder and looked through the viewfinder.
Instead of recording the in-flight movie you should have recorded the landing
Here's the landing, th-cam.com/video/lMtsR2xzkOI/w-d-xo.html
What movie was it on the TWA Lockheed L1011 plane?
You got me there!
It was probably "Ambassador Theatre," a series of short videos and occasionally an "I Love Lucy" episode. I flew STL-LAX several times (a longer flight) and feature films were never shown. At 13:31 you can see the title "Exploring the Deep Canyon."
N747PA I remember watching “Strictly Ballroom” on an STL-LAX flight on a TWA L-1011 way back in 1993
Nice job 1011
The LANGOLIERS !!!!
Now that was a great aircraft. Lockheed-Martin is making so much cash with the F-22 and F-35 they can afford to built some aircraft not covered by Boeing or AirBus. If SuperJumbo sales come back and slots get tighter and harder to get I can see a need for a 275-320 seat wide body as well as a long distance 180-220 seat with two/three engines, to replace 3 trips with the 737 or 320 families. Boeing had to eat crow and tell us YES they DO need a 757 replacement, the 737-10 MAX won't cut it. I hated to see TWA and PanAm die, they were the best flag carrier's we had. Nice shots of Phoenix's filthy air, it's much better today, to a large extent due to LA cleaning its smog filled skies. Really a great video for people like myself going to school in the late 70's living in Phoenix
Lockheed does not know how to stick to budgets....it's why the L-1011 failed miserably. The only thing it is continually successful at> is robbing the American tax payer with many false promises for DOD stuff that does not always work or not delivered on time,etc. as promised.
D McNamara Amen to that, we should have stuck with the F-22 and updated the fighter. The F-35 was to be adaptable to every force unique use, a carrier based aircraft, a land based bomber, and this commonality would save us lots of cash Didn’t happen the cost of the Program is $1.5 TRILLION this includes no future expenses.
4-Engined Jumbos are a thing of the past. Airbus loses some serious $ on each A380 delivered.....and Boeing has just barely broken-even on the revamped 747-8. With so many 747-400s nearing retirement (and quite a few moderated cycle used and well maintained);20 Million or so is all it takes to get one converted into a Freighter....so the 747-8 will limp along with very few new Orders for at least 10+years. And with Boeing so desperate for 747-8 sales, a freighter will run about $150,000,000......much-much less than it's suggested retail price of 375 million. Latest news, Boeing may re-start the Passenger 767 line...as United is in talks for 50-100 767-300ERs with winglets. Being that there is no Current/NEW plane that can fly 200+ Passengers efficiently and profitably for 5000+ miles even with outdated engines....bringing back the 767 Passenger looks promising. Boeing is a fool for shutting down the 757 line then, Meanwhile Airbus keeps getting more and more orders for the A321 Neo....a Market Boeing said 15+years ago did not exist. The 737 needs a new Wing with greater range capability and to shorten takeoff distance...or Airbus will continue to dominate the 200 seat market for the Single-Isle Moderate Range(capable)Market. But seeing the Cost over-runs on the Max, the Dreamliner, and Upcoming 777X, Boeing seems to be making huge mistakes one after another. FYI, depending on whose numbers are truthful, the break-even point on the 787 Program is somewhere between 1,300-1,500 Airframes delivered.
Bravo
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6:30 which engines did they have?
Rolls Royce RB211-22b.
I wonder how it made sense to fly wide bodies domestically in those days.
The DC-10 and L-1011 were actually designed for that in addition to trans oceanic flights. In the late 1960s, the growth of domestic aviation seemed endless, and these were seen as larger capacity 727s. They could fly in and out of airports like LGA and DCA.
ghost of flight 401 movie with ernest borgnine is available on youtube. I have never been able to find out whether the installation of a unit related to control column/auto pilot was the cause of the auto pilot mismatch. My understanding was there was a situation where the control yoke could be moved in advertently and disengauge the altitude hold only and not the entire auto pilot system. The captains was able to disengauge at a diff pressure then the co pilots.
this mismatch where the altimeter was frozen on the side where the auto pilot was first set and the other side reading true altitude was a problem. Was that a standard thing or unique to this plane that crashed in everglades.. Never able to find out for sure.
I remember there was a warning bell or light at don repos flight engineer station that was critical but sadely he went down in the hell hole to check if nose gear was down and locked and had trouble in the dark...
It was a bad time for me as i was laid off from a job i had for 12 years at omni press a month prior to that..
My mom and I have been to Phoenix before.
The L-1011 was so enormous & heavy that it took all three jet engines at full throttle just to get off the runway.
I just can't imagine that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would have certified the L-1011 for flight if it couldn't become airborne at full gross weight with an engine failure at the time of takeoff.
@@WAL_DC-6B You are correct. In fact The L10 routinely used reduced power take off to save fuel. It also could direct climb to cruse altitude. The DC10 and 747 had to step climb to reduce weight to climb to cruse altitude. I was signing off a write up at departure. The captain told me to hurry that up. He wanted to push back before United. "I can direct climb that will hold him on the first step. Probably beat him to JFK by 45 min." I gave the book to the FE and we closed the door wile the #2 was turning.
@@jayreiter268 Thanks for sharing an interesting experience you had as a member of an L-1011 flight crew!
@@WAL_DC-6B Those were the days before gate holds when it was first come first out
@@jayreiter268 Another reason to miss those past days of commercial aviation. By the way, in case you're interested, here's a much longer version of the same video. th-cam.com/video/o-0a_nK5q9o/w-d-xo.html
wouldn't it be nice to see a TWA 787 and the routes out of STL it might have flown and back at a time when airlines didn't nickel and dime you to death miss those times and ALL the airlines that are gone