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Advertised as the quietest widebody jet airliner in service, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar took off on its maiden flight #onthisday in 1970. The TriStar trijet was the last commercial airliner produced by the Lockheed Corporation. An advanced feature of the L-1011 was the autoland system, which fully automated the landing procedure and allowed the plane to land in unfavorable weather conditions. Only 250 L-1011 TriStar jets were produced and production halted in 1982. Did you ever fly on a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar? Image: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) postcard, L-1011 TriStar. Gift of Ruth Y. Tamura. 1998.153.011 This image was posted on November 16, 2020.

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Lockheed (1926 to ..)
This company is from the United States