In 1971, TWA introduced a new flight attendant uniform conceived by Valentino Garavani in preparation for their Lockheed L-1011 TriStar delivery. In 1972, the airline proclaimed the L-1011 to be “the next generation of the jet age.” #DefunctThursday #AvGeek #TWA
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Our new exhibit “Widebody: The Launch of the Jumbojets in the Early 1970s” presents promotional objects and images from the first 3 widebody jetliners introduced in the early 1970s, the #Boeing 747, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and the #Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. #WidebodyAV #vgeek
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The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was a wide-body, long-range tri-jet airliner introduced in 1972. It featured state-of-the-art avionics, including an autopilot with the capability of virtually flying and landing by itself, including in low-visibility weather conditions. #wingwednesday
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The coach section of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar featured a full-service bar surrounded by small alcoves for socializing and was equipped with twin passenger seats that TWA claimed were the “finest coach seats in the world.” #wingwednesday #avgeek
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The inaugural flight of PSA's Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was on August 1, 1974 from San Diego to SF via LA. #SFOHistory
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postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; 1974
Gift of William Rys, Jr.
2019.085.094
PSA stewardesses serve cocktails in a Lockheed L-1011 cabin mockup 1972
PSA 1972 Annual Report
SFO Museum
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2006.010.047
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postcard: LTU (Lufttransport-Unternehmen) International Airways, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar; 1980s
Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
2015.166.0973
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postcard: LTU (Lufttransport-Unternehmen) International Airlines, Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar; 1980s
Gift of the William Hough Collection
2008.055.428
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postcard: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; c. 1980
Gift of TWA Clipped Wings International
2002.113.487
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brochure: TWA (Trans World Airlines), Lockheed L-1011 TriStar; 1972
Gift of David A. Abercrombie in memory of Stanley A. Abercrombie
2001.039.254 a b
postcard: Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), L-1011 TriStar; c. 1975
Gift of Ruth Y. Tamura
1998.153.011
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