We're here to take a closer look at the whirling heart of the F-35B's impressive short take-off and vertical landing capability.

When launched, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the most technologically-advanced widebody commercial airliner ever. This ...

A few days ago, members of Sri Lanka’s pilot community heard the sad news of the passing of Mohamed Jauper Sadoon. He ‘flew ...

And, with regard to Air Force One, Lockheed gave up on large passenger aircraft when it lost hundreds of millions on the L-1011 back in the 1970s. The second problem is our over-regulated and over ...

We will get 72 of the aircraft at a cost of $72 billion. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning ... in 1971 when rising development costs for the L-1011 jet almost sent it bankrupt.

The Lockheed L-1011 was passing through a rain shaft beneath a thunderstorm and entered a microburst, causing the pilots to lose control of the aircraft. The plane hit a car on a highway north of ...

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar are arguably the best aircraft of the trijet era. While both planes had several differences, what truly set them apart was the ...

The DC-10 outsold Lockheed's L-1011 Tri-Star, its strongest competitor at the time. The aircraft manufacturer truly shone with its military aircraft, though, delivering planes to the United ...

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The Lockheed L-1011 'TriStar' was one of the defining aircraft of the early widebody era and the third twin-aisle jet to enter service. It followed the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ...

Development lasted until 1983. The L-1011 fleet had a remarkable in-service reliability rate of 98.1%. However, the financial difficulties proved to be too much to tackle. Lockheed built a total of ...