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L-1011 Tristar and the Lockheed Story

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The book presents a very well illustrated general history of the Lockheed company, its leaders and engineers and of course the fantastic stable of aircraft it has produced. The book was published in the early 1970's and thus only covers Lockheed up to that point. It was interesting to see the author's (and industry's) optimistic outlook regarding the Lockheed TriStar and future supersonic passenger planes such as the SST. Sadly, it was not to be, with the SST cancelled and the TriStar failing to completely achieve the commercial success it deserved. Great photos throughout !

Very enjoyable. History of Loughead/Lockheed from the very beginning to '72/'73. Similar to other Ingells-authored works, the book title focuses on the "biggest" plane made by the company but the actual content covers a very wide range of aeroplanes, and touches on the missiles, helicopters, submarines, and spacecraft built by Lockheed. There is some info on the manufacturers of the engines powering the various planes; with special attention to the situation at Rolls-Royce which had financial and political problems that affected Lockheed and the L-1011. The author also describes the factories the planes were made in. No story about Lockheed would be complete without a few SR-71 photos and text; this book also provides information on the U-2 (airplane, not rock band) and A-12, rocket planes, and the "parasite" Goblin, an experiment in carrying a small fighter plane on a huge bomber. Executive business jets, fighters, bombers, large and small airliners...it's in here.

Most photos are black-and-white; there is an eight-page color section.

Book is printed in USA with high-quality binding.

Other recommended books by the same author, and with the same concept are "747-Story of the Boeing Superjet" and "The McDonnell Douglas Story"