“What you gonna do when you get out of jail?…” part 123

Last Friday, we had the DC-10. Today: the L-1011 TriStar.

It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10.

We’ve already talked about the 747, of course.

From the early 1970s, “You Have To Get Up Pretty Damn Early To Beat The Tri-Star”, a vintage Lockheed promo film featuring Hank Dees, the L-1011 project pilot.

Frank Borman (who is still alive at 92) shows up as well. His Wikipedia entry is worth reading.

Bonus video #1: “Welcome Aboard”, another L-1011 promo, notable for references to Jules Verne, and for acknowledging that airline travel is cramped…in 1968. Sort of an antidote to all those other vintage videos showing people eating caviar off of fine china in the air…

Bonus video #2: “No Simple Thing”, another L-1011 promo, focusing mostly on the design of the aircraft.

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