✈️ Lockheed L-1011 Tristar performs a very sharp bank before arriving into Mojave Airport 🇺🇸 deep within the California desert! This is the last flying L-1011 in the world 🌎 Follow for more aviation content from around the globe 🌏 @northropgrumman | HD Melbourne Aviation

An abandoned Lockheed L-1011 Tristar in the desert of UAE. 🇦🇪 ✈️ 🏜️ #abandonedplane #tristar #urbex | Exploring the Unbeaten Path

When launched, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the most technologically-advanced widebody commercial airliner ever. This aircraft made leaps forward in efficiency, comfort, and safety. 50 years ago, the L-1011 even had the capability to land itself at certain airports in zero visibility weather, when other planes like the Boeing 747 would have to divert. Yet the L-1011 is the same aircraft that nearly bankrupt the company that built it. Lockheed incurred billions of dollars in losses on the L-10