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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (Airliner Color History)

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This title is an excellent begining to anyone who wants to understand the L-1011. From its inception to its continued airline service and service with the RAF, the program is detailed to the nth degree. Filled with wonderful and lovely color photos as well as numerous technical illustrations, this book is turely and avaition afficinatos tribute to a wonderful and beautiful aircraft. They don't make them like this anymore.

The Airlife's Airliner series of books cover individual commercial aircraft types in an interesting, in-depth manner.

Each volume of this British series covers a unique commercial aircraft type from its design, production, entry into service, its usage by airlines, and in some cases eventual demise.

Each volume features plenty of color and black and white photographs of the subject aircraft along with a complete construction list (accurate to date of publication for aircraft types still being built).

This volume covers the Lockheed L1011 TriStar widebody airliner ... including all of its variants and provides an interesting look at the genesis of this long-range airliner.

Considered the most advanced jetliner ever produced (even to this day) the Lockheed L1011 is the story of mis-steps ... production snafus and the lack of proper market analysis. Unfortunately hese wonderful and comfortable machines are becoming harder and harder to find as they are replaced with the current generation of airliners ... however, the photos provided in this volume will help one remember a time when the giant tri-jets rules the skies of the world.

This book is an easy to read book for the aviation enthusiast who wants a little more than pictures of airplane types. The book starts with some essential historical background. Next, technical issues are discussed, albiet at a rather simple level. But even those with significant background in aviation should find the writing and stories interesting. The book then moves on to the standard airline customer history and airline colors. One nice thing about this book (and others from this publisher) is the detailed history of all of the aircraft of this type made, including hull losses.

A wonderful book detailing the development and uses of the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar.. Sadly, most Tristars are disapearing from the skies due to their age and fuel consumption. This book explains the history and development of the aircraft very well. It is loaded with pictures of many of the carriers which were fortunate enough to fly this wonderful aircraft. A great book, I really enjoyed it.

After just flipping through this book I realised this was not the normal run of the mill airliner book I usually expected. I already had a few books detailing certain aircraft indepth and I wanted another!

This book had plenty of color photos including shots I had never seen before or expected (such as one showing the development prototype fitted with an experimental EFIS instument panel!!) and plenty of reading and facts to keep you busy.

Of all the airliner types I have ever flown, the L-1011 remains my all time favorite. The Lockheed beauty was the most graceful, yet agile plane I ever flew, and I miss her every time I take to the sky. In this book, Philip Birtles does the L-1011 justice with an in-depth look at the history of the program, operators, technical specifications, a production list, and a concise accident summary.

In general, the "Airliner Color History" series is quite good, but this volume on the L-1011 sets the bar. This is the gold standard of TriStar books. Anyone from an aerospace historian to a pilot, to an L-1011 devotee will love this book. It features very accurate and fairly detailed information (although not to the level of a Pilot Operations Manual, of course), and superb photography, mostly in color.

To me the L-1011 will always be the Queen of the Sky. The TriStar was the best designed, safest, best flying plane ever built, and many of the systems (like the DLC and Autoland) are still unrivalled for technical excellence. Whether you are an old TriStar fan, or you just want to learn about Lockheed's greatest marvel, this is a great addition to your library!

The L-1011 was the most advanced airliner of its era. Advanced aerodynamics,avionics found on other planes only after 10 years, and a thoroughly designed structure, all these features were peculiar for the TriStar, and are well described in this well researched book. Mr. Birtles write in a fluent but authoritative style, and the book is also filled with many colour photos, albeit some on the grained side. A nice work for all the "TenEleven" fans.

This book was very interesting and put toghether very well. easy to read and lots of pictures.