Aviation 101
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
| Lufthansa L-1011 D-ALTB |
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as the L-1011 (pronounced "L-ten-eleven") or TriStar, is a medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner. It was the third widebody airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The aircraft has a seating capacity of up to 400 passengers and a range of over 4,000 nautical miles (7,410 km). Its trijet configuration places one Rolls-Royce RB211 engine under each wing, with a third, center-mounted RB211 engine with an S-duct air inlet embedded in the tail and the upper fuselage. The aircraft has an autoland capability, an automated descent control system, and available lower deck galley and lounge facilities.
Between 1968 and 1984, Lockheed manufactured a total of 250 TriStars. They were assembled at the Lockheed plant located at the Palmdale Regional Airport in southern California north of Los Angeles.
| Cut-away view of the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar |
| Four-view of the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar |
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LAB Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Fleet -
Detailed histories and photos of two aircraft leased by Lloyd Aereo Boliviano
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| Globe Jet L-1011 Tristar sub-leased to LAB at ViruViru Airport Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
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OD-MIR
| Photo: Diego Ruiz de Vargas |
Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar c/n 293H-1246
History:
Built by the Lockheed Corp. at their Palmdale plant in CA. N48354 1983
- first flight 14 Jun 1983
- stored at Palmdale
Royal Jordanian Airlines JY-AGI 3 Jun 1985
Indosuez Airfinance " May 1988
- purchased from RJA
TAP Air Portugal CS-TEF ?
- leased
Partnairs Leasing " Aug 1995
- purchased from Indosuez
Caribjet - Antigua and Barbuda V2-LEJ Nov 1995
- purchased from Partnairs
Air India " ?
- leased
Caribjet " Jun 1996
- returned
- stored in Cambridge Nov 1996
- stored in Lisbon Nov 1996
Apollo Resor AB - Sweden " Apr 1998
- purchased by this leasing co.
- stored in Lisbon Jun 1998
Air Transat - Montreal, Canada " Jan 1999
- purchased from Apollo Resor AB
- re-registered C-FTSW Feb 1999
- stored at Montreal-Mirabel May 2004
Gee Bee Air - Greece SX-CVA Jul 2004
Joasro Aviation - Lebanon " Dec 2004
- purchased
- stored at Thessaloniki
Greece Airways " Mar 2005
- leased from Joasro
- stored at Thessaloniki
Joasro Aviation " May 2005
- returned
Globe Jet SAL - Lebanon OD-MIR Sep 2005
- leased
Gulf Air - Bahrain " Dec 2005
- sub-leased from Globe Jet
Globe Jet " Jan 2006
- returned
Eritrean Airlines " Aug 2006
- sub-leased from Globe Jet
Globe Jet " Oct 2006
- returned
LAB " Oct 2006 to abt. Apr 2007
- sub-leased from Globe Jet
Pakistan International " Nov 2006
- sub-leased from Globe Jet
Globe Jet " Apr 2007
- returned
- stored at Beirut Oct 2007
Kallat Elsaker Air - Tripoli XT-RAD Nov 2007
- purchased from Globe Jet
- stored at Beirut Jan 2008
- stored at Sebha International Airport, Sabha, Libya 2 Jan 2012
- derelict
Total flying time of OD-MIR at time of storage in 2012:
43,229 hours
Total number of cycles
(one take off and one landing = one cycle): 10,738
| JY-AGI at Geneva Mar 1987 Photo: Eduard Marmet |
| CS-TEF at London 4 Nov 1988 Photo: Alex Christie
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| V2-LEJ at Frankfurt 30 Apr 1996 Photo: Joop de Groot
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| C-FTSW at Frankfurt Apr 2002 Photo: Thomas Merkl |
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OD-ZEE
| OD-ZEE at Madrid 3 Mar 2007 Photo: MarkStevens
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Lockheed L-1011-500 Tristar c/n 293B-1239
History:
Built by the Lockheed Corp. at their Palmdale plant in CA. 1982
- ordered from Lockheed by TAP Air Portugal
TAP Air Portugal CS-TEA 15 Jan 1983
- named "Luis de Camoes"
BWIA - British West Indies Airways " Dec 1994
- Trinidad and Tobago
- leased from TAP
TAP " Dec 1995
- returned from BWIA
LAM - Mozambique Airlines " May 1996
- leased until Aug 1997
Air Transat - Canada C-GTSR Nov 1997
- purchased
- fleet #239, then #553
Star Airlines - France " 10 Dec 1998
Air Transat " Sep 1999
- returned
- retired and stored at Montreal - Mirabel May 2004
Joasro Aviation - Globe Jet Airlines " Jul 2004
- purchased
Gee Bee Airlines - Greece SX-CVB 22 Jul 2004
- ntu
Air Scotland " 8 Mar 2005
- leasing contract but never flew
Globe Jet Airlines - Lebanon OD-ZEE 1 Sep 2005
- returned
- stored at Beirut
Cameroon Airlines " Nov 2005
- lease
Globe Jet Airlines " July 2006
- chartered for evacuation flights between Larnaca, Cyprus, and Montreal, Canada during the Lebanon crisis
LAB " Aug 2006
- leased
- started operating Santa Cruz - Madrid route 20 Aug 2006
LAB - company ceased all operations; OD-ZEE was impounded and stored at VVI 1 Apr 2007
Aircraft was ferried away from Santa Cruz -VVI 1 Feb 2007
- in long-term storage at Sebha International Airport, Sabha, Libya
- last noted 15 Jan 2015
| CS-TEA at Sao Paulo early 1990's Photo: Carlos A. Morillo Doria |
| CS-TEA at London Heathrow 12 Aug 1995 Photo: Jordi Grife - Iberian Spotters |
| CS-TEA at Toronto 27 Apr 1997 Photo: Leandro Noce Jr. |
| Air Transit C-GTSR at Montreal 15 June 2002 Photo: Eric Fortin |
| C-GTSR at Paris late 1990's Photo: J.Laporte |
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Latest comments
Los K-8 llegaron a Bolivia recién en 2011,no en 1993. La pista podría ser la de Tarija.
FRIMO= Frigorífico Movima, empresa de carga de los años 70- 80
Thank you for creating this website on the LAB fleet. I am writing a book, set in 1996, flight Riberalto, Bolivia to La Paz Bolivia & my research led me here. It was incredibly informative & helpful!
Steeling my pictures from La Paz 1973 they have my copyright, no permission is ask