His L-1011 Tristar jetliner, No. N728DA, was the last of the Lockheed-built jetliners in Delta's fleet, and the flight from Orlando, Fla., to Atlanta was the jet's last before being taken out of ...

Federal Aviation Administration inspectors at Delta Air Lines have found more problems in the recurrent training program for crews flying the Lockheed L-1011 than with the other types of aircraft ...

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar almost bankrupted the company due to production delays and limited demand in the trijet market. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 had a problematic safety record but outsold ...

Lockheed Corporation's L-1011 TriStar was air luxury made manifest. Like the DC-10, the L-1011 came with three engines. However, the L-1011's tail engine was mounted inside the fuselage, improving ...

Richard Tyler, one of L.A.’s most accomplished fashion designers, has been chosen to give Delta Airlines’ 35,000 employees a new look. Tyler will create new uniforms to be rolled out in 2006 ...

Any lead in development time Lockheed may have had in the late 1960s was up in smoke by 1968. Thanks to the Rolls-Royce debacle, the L-1011 TriStar didn't deploy ahead of the pack but instead in ...