Discover the story behind the L-1011 TriStar, the plane that introduced groundbreaking technologies, including a unique S-duct engine mount and precision autopilot. Lockheed had high hopes, but delays ...

The Lockheed L-1011, formerly known as the Flying Hospital, dwarfs a private single-engine plane as it's towed for display.

When Capt. Randall Schmoyer shut down the three Rolls-Royce engines on Delta Air Lines Flight 1949 after landing at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport last Tuesday, a bittersweet chapter of ...

With the ventral fairing barely visible under the forward fuselage, Northrop Grumman’s Stargazer performed a low fly-past before departing Mojave. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images Aviation Week was ...

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A historic plane rolled out at Tucson International Thursday on its way to make some more history. It’s a plane that once flew medical care into remote parts of the world, will ...

It took less than a day for aviation buffs to uncover the news. After being mothballed for 15 years in the Arizona desert, an aging jumbo jet with a unique history had been acquired by a Kansas City ...

Almost 28 years after pioneering the use of nonmilitary air launch for commercial spacecraft with the Pegasus rocket, Northrop Grumman’s one-of-a-kind Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is on the verge of a new ...

Hoping to spark children’s early interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and math, the Kansas City nonprofit TriStar Experience is preserving a jumbo jet for interactive STEM field ...

A Lockheed L-1011 Tristar plane is submerged in the Red Sea in Aqaba, Jordan, on Aug. 26, 2019. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) in Jordan on Monday sunk a disused commercial aircraft ...