ATA and the DC-10: When

[Quimby]

pretty freakin' far.

 

[HalinTexas]

Sorry, meant 11-13 hours.

 

[MD11Drvr]

Or fly without autothrottles.

I enjoy turning them off and just flying the airplane. At the very least holding them to steady them out when its gusty. When I flew the DC-10 I would turn them off for all the approaches as I found them to be more trouble than they were worth. In 1800 hours I made 2 landings with them on in the DC-10, but I have to admit the ATS in the MD-11 is a much better system than the DC-10. I still miss the DC-8 though, no ATS and a autopilot that was only good in cruise if you were lucky.............

 

[Citrus531]

Is there many out there on the corporate side of things? I know that one of the casinos in Vegas just picked on up to fly to CHina. Only problem is that the range does not meet the needs. I have heard it can go nonstop only if conditions are perfect. Otherwise it requires a stop in ANC.

Any thoughts to the range/performance?

The Vegas Casino Mogul out west just picked up 2 L1011-500's...ex Saudi birds...saw the pics on airliners.net...sweet paint job.

The last L1011 worldwide fleet list I saw had about 20ish or so still active or at least airworthy...EuroAtlantic, the RAF, ATA, Air Universal(parked in Tehran, Iran currently), Luzair, and a couple of others I think. I did see a pic of the ATA -100 sitting in South Florida awaiting it's fate...retired a couple of months ago.

In production from only 1972-1983 with only 250 frames built...what a shame...I love the Tristar!

 

[pianoman]

Ever notice almost any cheesy USA-network type movie that has an airplane scene uses a Tri-Star? (Just saw Stephen King's "The Langoliers" on TV the other day)

 

[atpcliff]

Hi!

The plane I used to fly would go for 24 hours or 12,000 miles without refueling.

cliff
YIP

 

[Citrus531]

Ever notice almost any cheesy USA-network type movie that has an airplane scene uses a Tri-Star? (Just saw Stephen King's "The Langoliers" on TV the other day)

Yeah I saw that too...ex-TWA with the fictional name "American Pride":erm:

Gotta love those TV airline names