TWA L1011 TV Ad
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- Oh how they flew, back in '72! Here's a TV spot touting TWA service to LAX and PHX out of ORD and/or STL, with the then-new L1011. That ship appears to be N11002, TWA's second L1011, but the nose number is difficult to make out. In the early 1970s, TWA marketed a 'Great Cities' theme with what they called 'Ambassador Service'. Various individual aircraft in the TWA fleet had interiors that represented various cities on their route system. I have no idea what city is represented here, but pink, amber and yellow are heavily represented.
I worked for TWA in the late 70s. My husband, myself and some friends went to Phoenix on this beauty in first class and that table came up from the floor, two seats swiveled around and we had fine meal and played cards all the way to Arizona. I will never forget that trip! or working for that wonderful carrier.
Back when airlines considered passenger comfort.
Thank you Jimmy Carter for airline deregulation. Bastard.
Stfu, coward nowadays it is more comfortable
@@frenchfry7631 not the seats
tickets were high af
now the prices are less
Back when the majority of the population had no chance of ever affording a ticket on a plane.
For a 1960's design, it's still a beautiful aircraft even 50 years later...
I fully support this video.
L-1011 Widebody well then i’m happy for you.
Remember when airlines used to try to make the seats comfortable?
I was a f/a for TWA from '96-'97 (sadly, I knew they wouldn't last and I went to Delta). This was such a cool plane to work. Of course, those seats were LNG gone, but my god, TWA still had AMAZING food, in coach and first, domestic and international. This plane had a lower galley where you "cooked" the entrees for coach. You actually rode an elevator down to it, and sent the food back up. I was so shocked when I went to Delta and they food they had after being spoiled at TWA.
I flew to Australia in 1986 and returned to Europe via the Pacific and the U.S. - After flying Qantas it was quite a change with TWA: the planes were old and the food never never matched Qantas. TWA had a problem with my backpack, Qantas transported it countless times without any fuss. My last flight JFK-LHR was overbooked. I ended up in one of the oldest 747-100. Chances are it was the one that eventually crashed near New York. TWA might have been a good airline in the U.S., but could not compete with top airlines.
@@TheWuschelMUC NO domestic (American based) airline can compete with Qantas, Singapore and most of the other foreign based airlines from a comfort and style perspective.
Actually it was 911 that caused the lay offs, not American acquiring TWA.
@@TheWuschelMUCQantas is awful now. Glad you have your memories.
I don't remember my 10-11 flight, too young, but I do remember the 90s "coach" class on 74s and a DC-10.
Coming back from Chicago last week, cramming my small backpack carry on into the overhead bin, and squeezing into my sardine can set, I realized that I was so lucky to have experienced the golden age of airline travel, and remember when flying was awe inspiring and how I was so proud that my dad was a c-130 pilot.
Everyone used to walk their family to the gates, and wave at the wide body monstrosities that looked so amazingly huge with sound that fit such s feat of engineering.
Now it's all about fuel efficiency, how much leg room they can squeeze out if you, deducting a few inches a year and forget about pillows, blankets and meals which all used to be standard.
They wonder why kids aren't interested in aviation these days. Really too bad, even more disturbing is this trend of no frills, bottom line prices with employees that couldn't care less as their employers couldn't care less about them.
Sure we've got smartphones and self driving cars, but the spirit and soul of what this country used to be about has been sold to the lowest bidder.
This isn't the future we were promised, and I want a refund!
I'm really not trying to be a pessimist here, but just a few decades ago not only did we have world class travel like this, but no "war on terror", fears of economic collapse and you were able to run around outside all day as a kid, playing with your neighbors and had to be FORCED to come inside for dinner- even though we all had Nintendo 64s, and computers with 56k modems.
Fear, distrust, greed and division has torn us apart. Hopefully a bright future awaits, and AI comes online to be an asset to humanity and help us get back in touch with our roots, because we are in a downward spiral that shows no sign of slowing, and picking up pace.
Music and TV glorifies amoral psychopaths, and rewards who can rhyme about murder and drugs the best.
Dark days we're in. Our wives are fear stricken, the working class is so broken and upset that nobody cares or has passion for what they do anymore. I drove by the house I grew up in last year, and it was the perfect analogy for what has happened to us.
What used to be a GORGEOUS corner lot, huge two story 70s warm home had deteriorated into a faded and crumbling shell of what it was. It's like when something, even a physical object like a car or home, is neglected and abused enough the soul is just bashed out of it.
The spark is gone.
Well that's my rant for the day after being hit with a double dose of nostalgia.
It's just a damn shame. Our founding fathers, and entrepreneurs of our past are rolling in their graves right now at what has happened to this great nation, both economically and spiritually for lack of a better term.
ProjectFleekDot Com Couldn't have said better myself. Sharing your pain.
I understand completely. The world of today is not at all what I imagined it would be when I was a child.
Your post is exactly on point how I feel aboard & experience life these days. As a culture & economic base we devolved into ghostly shadow of our former selves. I think we're living in a chronic dystopia.
Bullseye on all points, my friend. I’ll add that the “Globaloney” economy has been the death knell for the U.S.
Ditto, man. Ditto.
Would hate to be anyone growing up today as a child. No idea what they dream about or even look forward to. Sad.
She's the finest, safest & most comfortable airliner ever built! Man, I miss flying in them and in looking up & seeing them in the sky. She'll always be my favourite!
I loved the L1011. I hate to fly today because I can't fly on one of these babies anymore.
I flew the L-1011 from Atlanta to London about 1996. By far the most comfortable and beautiful plane I have ever flown on. Seating was amazingly spacious.
There are a very few of these still left
1/1000000 chance of spotting them
@@MrJodyh54 better than 747 ?
no clue here.
I came too late for the TriStar. I'll be sad when the 767 (and 757) go out. Those 2 were the last greats. A fantastic blend of style, elegance, technology, and human effort.
These are like beautiful flying buildings or hotels in the sky! I certainly have so many happy memories of the L1011! I sure miss them! I used to take them across country during the 1980s when I was so young and had my family! Now I no longer have my parents who I certainly miss! These beautiful machines were like family members!
Flew both back in the 70's and I remember how impressed I was with the L1011 and I would have to say back then it was the L1011 for me. Great airplane!
I'm sure I'm not the only one who misses flying the L-1011. It was the one plane I would take a connecting flight just to travel on. I was fortunate enough to fly on L-1011's on Delta, Eastern, and TWA.
My very first transatlantic flight back in summer 1984 from AMS to JFK was aboard one of these. At one point, the FA had to climb on one of the middle seats to reload the film reel on the projector that she had made come out of the ceiling ;-) Also remember my amazeemnt when I discovered TWA's Eero Saarinen Terminal at JFK. Christmas after noon is just the perfect moment to browse through these classics and remember the good old times ...
Pit Spielmann I would have LOVED to have flown on this plane! It looks so spacious; even economy!
There is a hotel being built around the former TWA terminal at JFK, and the terminal itself will serve as its lobby. I recently made a flight connection at JFK (my first and only time there), and I saw that terminal from the air train. However, the hotel is still under construction. I would love to see inside that building for myself one day! Apparently this hotel will have retro 1960s furnishings.
That wink in your comment terrifies me
And now let's jam you on this wonderful tight CRJ-700. Please watch your step and your head as you exit....
Please be aware that due to the tight confines on this very full flight, your step and head may actually be on different flights.
Or an ERJ 175
@@pip12111 Or the damn ERJ-145 with the one-two across seating, lol.
Making tickets cheaper has its drawbacks but it’s simple economics!
OR THEIS 737 300 COMBI
I used to book my flight schedule so I could be on these. Loved the L1011, I flew on one of the last Delta flights. The pilot said the L1011 was his favorite as well. So sad they are not still being used for common carry.
I rode on a Delta L-1011 once in the late '80s. As I recall, I liked it
The Lockheed L-1011 Tri-Star WhisperLiner was the most advanced jetliner of its day - for many years and for many reasons...
Just google L-1011 and you'll find out about its Direct Lift Control, the safer mounting of its center engine, its elevators to the below-deck galleys that freed up more space for seating, its electric up-into-the-attic doors, its wing-controls, its auto-throttles and THE FIRST CATIIIC Autoland function! The to-this-day unique BONDED fuselage that eliminated not only the weight of 200,000 rivets, but also the possible CRACKS from 200,000 rivets (hello, Boeing?)
It was also quieter & more fuel-efficient - it was mainly the financial problems at Rolls-Royce that held up their engines and therefore let the (hideously inferior) DC-10 pick up all the orders to make a profit... along with American Airlines venally using the competition to get Douglas to lower the price of the DC-10. It is to weep...
He's right. And I should know.
Missed the days of three unique wide bodies...Now the skies are filled with indistinguishable; continuous variants of Airbus and from Boeing to (Boreing) twins.
Well said and accurate. The DC-10 was poorly designed and it cost lives early in it's operational history. And many of those design flaws were know to MD. Like almost every transport it ever built Lockheed advanced the state of the art.
The L-1011 will forever be my favorite aircraft for medium to long-haul flights. Way ahead of it's time and so comfortable. Loved the distinctive sound of those R/R engines spooling up for takeoff.
North Guy I’m envious! I never got to fly on one. I actually didn’t get to fly on 747 until I flew Northwest to Tokyo. I was always getting the 767 or smaller, for flights to Europe and Mexico. I feel I missed out. ☹️
I flew on the 1011 Tri-Star from San Francisco to Atlanta. I remember stepping into that plane and it was beautiful.
My aunt worked on the Tristar production line for 20yrs, I remember the massive hangars in Palmdale, CA
My second ever flight was an Eastern L1011 from TPA to ATL in 1982. It was impressive! I recall that there was a closet kind of thing that seemed to levitate into the ceiling when the FA closed it.
Even standard class looks pure LUXURY to today standards. A superior jet for sure.
Flew deltas L1011s from 1992 to 2001 many times from Atlanta and LAX to Honolulu. Comfort second to none. And thise three rolls royce engines still give me goosebumps. Delta retired all of them right before September 11 2001 sadly but the memories remain.
Even back in the 80s and up to mid-90s things were better than they are now. No PTVs in economy, but the seats were comfortable and well cushioned, there was more legroom (34-36 inches was standard in economy for long-haul), the food was good, and the FAs were friendly and good at their jobs. You could also guarantee on most flights (at least the ones i took) the aircraft would have plenty of empty rows so you could move, lift up the armrests, and spread out.
I dread long-haul flying now. There is nothing pleasant about it. Even with a premium economy upgrade it's not much better. You have to get to business or first if you want a good flight.
I wasn't alive when TWA took delivery of their L1011s, but this video still sparks memories of when flying was a pleasure.
I remember there was no OH baggage lockers over the middle seat block, it felt like being in a cathedral. That and the vertically opening door plus the rotating coat rack were unique. The DLC also made "butter" landings standard 😊
Loved the cross country flights on delta L1011s --- find a center row unoccupied, lift the arm rests and instant bed.
[Transcript edited with Vim]
TWA's 747
In 1970 by being the first to fly it across
the country
we opened up a whole new era in big, wide cross-country
travel
it was the most comfortable, most advanced plane
in the air
Now, only a few years later
we have a plane that's even more comfortable, even
more advanced.
TWA's 1011
It's the culmination of every improvement and every comfort
we've ever thought of
we've made part of First Class a dining room
with big, comfortable swivel seats
you can even make reservations, as you would in
a restaurant
In the big, spacious Coach
we put in unique, two-by-two seating,
so you'll never be more than one seat from the aisle
But, what's most important isn't that it's big
and comfortable
it's that it's the most advanced plane ever built
In fact, it uses some of the same technology that
landed men on the moon
If you liked our 747, you'll love our 1011
it's what an airplane should be
and that's what makes TWA what travel should be...
[Transcribed in Vim by ShakespeareCafe]
Flew in one...loved the ride/comfort. Nowadays...cattle herding, taking your shoes off, and lousy onboard food/service.
Certainly the coach section is very nice. In the early days the L1011's were configured 2 X 4 X 2 but unfortunately it didn't last all that long.
The First Class section with those tables for 4 is all very well but I think that if it were brought back these days there would be quite a bot of objection to having to share a table with 3 complete strangers where a flight was full.
Hahahaha omg as the film countdown started I had a fleeting thought “I wonder if there will be one of those split-second images of a pretty girl that always seem to ….wait, YEP there she is”! lol. I still don’t know why they show up in these things but ever since I was a kid I knew to look for them.
Seeing these old planes with their dining rooms, or Polynesian Pub in the case of Continental makes me sad. I never flew back in those days (am only 29) but compared to the cramped planes nowadays this is light years better. Those Coach seats look like Business class seats nowadays. Although it has to be said that back in those days flying was comparatively much more expensive than it is now.
I flew on the L1011 as a kid and felt like a king, even in coach. Now I get crammed into the 737 sardine can and absolutely hate it.
I loved the L-1011
Today the only complementary thing air passengers can expect is a TSA groin grope and maybe a smack in the mouth from a flight attendant
OOh, I'll take a double. True.
That's what travel should be. Now we can say that's what travel used to be.
I miss you TWA ! I loved flying in your L1011s.
wow now that's flying!
This commercial was filmed at LAX. I recognize runways 24L/R and the Westchester neighborhood in the background @1:13.
I flew from JFK to Bermuda in an L1011 in 1975. It was really a nice plane. As I recall it was a little slower than the 747 and didn't have the range.
Working on the ramp during week-ends in the 80's to get pocket money I used to mainly visit aircraft cockpits as I was an aviation numb at this time. I visited them all, all Boeings and Airbuses of those times, (Even old 707's and Caravelle's) I remember well my first L-1011 cockpit visit : It was a Royal Jordanian which had a daily connection with us. I was speechless, it wasn't a cockpit it was a saloon !! So much bigger than similar sized DC-10 it was ridiculous. It must have been pilot paradise. And the big windows.
My first commercial and first jet flight was on the TWA L-1011 to and from San Francisco in 1980. I didn't know anything else so it just seemed like a normal flight. Now recalling the food and service taken for granted then, I miss it. I do like the low fares of today and the places that opened up for me.
Loved the L1011...Wouldn't set foot on a DC10.
I wish the airlines would bring the service back instead of having to pay thousands of dollars in first class.
too many people who have no business flying are flying today.
Flew on several L-1011s, both TWA & Delta. Far superior ride and comfort to the DC-10. If there were any way to book a flight on one of them, I'd do so in a minute!
Jim MacMurdo flew as a kid on an Eastern l1011 many times. Great memories.
Yes, the L-1011 was far better than the DC-10. I was on two red-eye flights aboard the DC-10 and those planes felt like they were about to fall apart. I didn’t sleep at all on those flights. I was nervous. About the L-1011, they are good. The weather was atrocious with violent winds. But we were able to land in Saint Louis without problems. I miss TWA so much. During the 1980s, the airline was my home away from home.
@@AusNetFan13 Yep, the DC 10 was garbage. The L1011 was a far superior aircraft, and a pilot favorite.
Thank you for your kind words.
We miss TWA too.
This is what deregulation did. It opened up so much competition, that the big airlines had to cut back on all frills in order to survive. And even then, most of them went under in the race to the bottom. Today, ironically, we still have deregulation, but almost no competition. America had many more airlines in 1972 than it does today. Not only did deregulation kill the golden age of flying, but it actually also killed almost all of the competition.
I remember and loved these beautiful planes ✈️
When flying was luxury and comfort !!
Was such a roomy and comfortable plane. So much better than the planes today
Awsone. Cadillac in the air.
@chasenip2, Delta operated the L-1011 TriStar the longest to the best of my knowledge, so I think you're lucky.
HA ha ha. What a laugh. Today if you fly across the country you have 3 seaters on each side and are packed in like sardines. You are even lucky if you get permission to walk about the cabin and use the restroom. Wonder what this spokesperson would have to say about flying today?
+burbank I get up anytime I please to use the bathroom or roam the cabin... What bootcamp airline do you fly??
Burbank, he would probaly tell you to sit down and shut the fuck up.
Nothing to you ... he's prolly be eating some incredibly good meals; [at least in 1st or Biz. class ]
He would say "It Sucks"
he is dead?
0:38 0:45 interior looks great
TWA’s L-1011 Tristar looks very spacious, I’m sure I would have loved to fly on an L-1011. 😁👍
All the time from LGA-DFW, or MIA. One to London back in June ‘88…..the eighties were the zenith of flying-drinks, tobacco and good food!
If that was a picture of coach seating today, just add two more seats per row and squeeze the rows tighter together to the point that you'll need a crowbar to get out of your seat. Other than that, coach seating is the same. :/
The Lockheed L-1011 Tri Star.....Still the most beautiful passenger jet ever manufactured.
Back when experience, clients and customers meant something and was everything on airlines!
I flew on a MD 11 many times on Varig airlines in the early 00's.
it's sad how far airline travel has fallen
That was a great plane, flew them on Delta to Hawaii and TWA to New York from LA.
Even the coach class seats look very spacious.
My grandmother was in the Ambassador Club
Fantastic!
I've never had the pleasure of flying in a 747 yet but I've flown in an L1011 nearly 40 years ago and at the time I was very nervous and slightly air sick but in retrospect it was a fantastic aircraft, one I would enjoy today since I've learned the secret to less nervous and more enjoyable flying.(ask me how)A320 is currently my favorite. The perfect sweet spot between big and small aircraft.
What's the secret to less-nervous & more-enjoyable flying?
@@charlesjwin glad you asked...
Simply using the lavatory as soon as allowable doing both #1 and #2 especially(although the last time I flew I went just before at the Airport,) I found out relaxed me instantly even before I returned to my seat, even while inside the small space of the lavatory with the sound of the engines buzzing away(I'm obviously not Claustrophobic but have a fear of heights and flying) and I'm able to relax to the point of sleeping during the flight. I hope this has been helpful...
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Economy looks great back then!
If you fly from ORD to LAX today, you'll be lucky if you get a dinky 737, if not an RJ.
C'mon; an RJ? may be an ERJ (ha-ha)
Fucking RJs should be for flights 1hour 30 min or less. Not these 2 hours or more flight time. The pilots can't be enjoying it either cuz those cockpits are crampped too
The 1011 was featured in "The Langoliers".
Michael Saul even the paint scheme was nearly identical to TWA. The interior was all TWA for The Langoliers movie.
Makes me sad we can't have nice things like this anymore
First plane I ever flew on...back in the mid 80's JFK-PBI...even got to see the space shuttle take off on approach.
I ❤ the L1011 TriStars.
Look at you now TWA! Where are you?
I used to love TWA tea!
Man, when I saw that dining room in the sky a flush of envy came over me relegated to the economy section eating a boxed lunch
why is flying back then better than today??
It's largely due to the fare deregulation that happened starting in the late 70s. Back then, there wasn't much competition based on price, so airlines used service to get and keep your loyalty. Now, everybody wants to fly coast to coast for $100, and the way that airlines can stay profitable is taking away service and putting more butts in seats and cutting down on the services.
@@almostfm why do passengers like being squished and service to be cutdown? Are they numb-brained idiots?
@@ILoveQazaqstan If people would lose weight it wouldn’t be this way.
@@Hat65 Alright, but on a plane. I've seen skinnier people even be squished
I miss the spaciousness of that plane.
0:12 0:31 747 looks great same with the 1011
I miss the L-1011. if they made an upgrade to the DC-10 in which is the MD-11, then they should make some kind of upgrade to the L-1011. the L-1011 was the best plane ever!!!
the L-1012 :D (just an idea, likely not to happen)
Best times
If people back then thought that interior was nice and modern, they'd be amazed to see the modern interior on a brand new Boeing 787 or Airbus A350.
Yeah, with sardine can economy seats.
@@ILoveQazaqstan , true.
@@ILoveQazaqstan Because people are fat now!
@@Hat65 Sadly a lot of people are fat these days, but even for the normal people seats are tight, don’t expect 70s’ level of economy class today if you’re the same size as a 70s’ passenger
Belíssimo Vídeo
I wish I could fly an L-1011, DC-10, and a MD-11 or two. If I had the money at the time I could of flown on one of KLM's final MD-11 aircraft. Who knows I might be able to fly a MD-11F or "MD-10" with FedEx someday.
Daniel it’s 2021 now. Any progress towards that job?
The L1011, the Beta video cassette of the commercial airliners.
The dining room concept is crazy! How's that supposed to work during turbulent air? I LOVE the coach space however, 2-4-2 with a gap between the 4 so in reality its 2-2-2-2. Sweet!
Awesome.
I remember my father telling me what a nice plane this was, and he was an engineer with McDonnell. His role was avionics for fighter aircraft, but still- Lockheed was a competitor.
When the customer was king.
How long did that dining table last?
Dining table?....hell; these days you don't get complimentary peanuts.
Not very long. TWA must have done away with it by the mid 70's. I flew first class on a TWA L-1011 in 1979 and they did not have dining tables.
Richard Newman That is totally unthinkable in today’s standards unfortunately. Lucky you!
Planes used to have lounges in the 60s and in the early 70s, especially on the spacious 747s. But soon after, especially with the rising cost of fuel, lounges were seen as a waste of money-making space.
We do not see fancy dining tables like this today, but first class, or even business class passengers on some airlines can have a similar social dining experience at their seat. And with planes being more efficient with a market demand for a better flying experience, it seems like lounges are making a comeback, especially on the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787.
Dining tables?!
Nowadays, you have to walk out on the wing, mid flight, to get in line for a microwaved chicken patty...
It goes to the moon he said...or at least it could.
The 1011 was a wonderful jet....
Yes they were, and I wish they still flew passengers on them
Big Like for the L-1011 but a Big
Where did the passengers in the middle section store their carryons?? Why are some of the sears shorter than the others?
I flew on a Delta L1011 in the early 90s in the middle, but I don't remember the high ceiling.
The idea of gigantic overhead bins came much later - back in the 70s/80s/90s you checked ALL your luggage and just took a briefcase or purse on board - which was a MUCH better system if you ask me
Is that Laurence Luckinbill?
I love the 747
The dining room...
It's bad now that aircraft manufacturers talk about 'passenger comfort' even though they know the seats in all classes are half the size they were before 1980.
Whwy did the coach chair missing headrest for the middle seat
best anime i ever watched in my entire life
The Coach back then is like business now.
Space....... high uncluttered ceilings. unfortunately the seat pitch wasn't that big deal. For some technical reason it was bumpy and wet leased to some weird airlines...
Every airline executive and aviation policy maker should be forced to watch this on a loop for days.
Maybe, possibly, some part of it may sink in and the original idea that air travel was always meant to be more like taking a cruise and less like getting on the God damn bus, could finally prevail. 😱
Who was that chick at 0:08? A lot of these old projector reel to reel film had them
gee it must be good, blazer man says so.