The Lockheed L-1011 was the BSET aircraft ever built!

Excellent footage, love the old days, the classic planes, the cloudy sky and even the vintage quality of the recording all adds to a time when things seemed much better...

What an awesome clip. That video was dated 1991. 23 years later, the clip was a glimpse into a different era. Airlines were still flying people around in half empty airplanes. The camera panned out into the cabin. I saw people stretched out in seats. For just a two hour flight to Florida? Fast forward to 2014, a flight to Florida, American Airlines would have us packed into a Super 80 like sardines. I miss TWA.

the trump shuttle comment was priceless, particularly at the moment. great video love these old birds.

Look at that beautiful wing and listen to those RB-211 engines. I loved my 20 years working on the L-1011. The Lower Galley was my domain.

I was a Flight Engineer for Rich International on the L-1011. One of the best experiences of my life and still my favorite aircraft of all time. It was so far ahead of it's time.

Hard landing, dirty old plane, loud flaps sounds... I LOVE IT! ;)

I loved the L 1011 & the typical smoky engine start up they all had, specially on cold days!

It breaks my heart knowing that I will NEVER get to ride on one of these :'( All I get is 777-300ERs now. ( was 747-400s, my airline has only 3 left and is phasing them out for all 777 fleet, and its going to hurt saying goodbye to the 747 when I ride it one last time next month.) This was recorded a couple weeks after my 1st birthday ( born April 5th. 1990 ). It is so nice that you got to record this flight, especially with the monstrous video cameras back in the 90s. Thank you soo much for this video sir :)

The L10-11 was one of the finest commercial liners ever produced. Every pilot who flew them lauded its ease of handling and simplicity of operation. Sad it was to see the fleet go.

These kinds of home movie are so important as historical documents, your dad has created little gems, like windows into aviation history, love it!

Great video! Thanks for the share :) 25 years ago, geesh, I remember thinking in 1991 how super modern we were at that point in history. :)

Took a TWA L-1011 back and forth between Boston and San Francisco in 1978. Great ride. Great crew(s). Great aircraft. One of the coolest 'liners ever made and you captured it and gave it to the world! Very cool! Thanks for the trip!

Thank you for posting this. The L-1011 was my all time favourite airliner. Flew with Delta many times on return trips from Montreal - Miami & flew with TWA in Europe a couple of times. She was a pleasure to travel in and my heart would always skip a beat when I found out she would be the plane we would board. Smooth ride, comfortable & spacious cabin, she was a dream to be aboard. She was also a beautiful aircraft to look at too. I had the privilege of being invited into the cockpit and spending a good half hour with the crew, way back in the late 70's when you could still do those kind of things. It's always one of my go to aircraft when I fly on Microsoft's Flight Simulator. I miss seeing the old gal in the skies and I cherish the memories I have of her & those days!

Those economy seats look more comfortable than what I'm used to on modern aircraft...

The most graceful airline of the skies !!!!!!!!!!

That was an awesome jet. So roomy. Thanks for posting, really took me back

my dad worked on the l-1011 production line he was an electrician he passed away 2 years ago seeing the l-1011 always cheers me up it nice to know your father was part of something great, thanks for posting

You dont hear engines like that anymore....cool video

What a neat video. Unfortunately, it shows just how far we have fallen as a society. No one is bothered about the lack of in-seat IFE, and there seems to be decent legroom onboard. What is most telling is the fact that the two boys are entertaining themselves with pencil and paper as well as enjoying the scenery below. No one is connected to an electronic device of any kind and yet, the passengers are perfectly content. Technology has its merits, but overall, it has hindered more than helped us as a society. Thank you for posting this look back in time.

Wow, so many classic liveries on parade!

Loved this plane. Most people never knew that it had an actual elevator mid-cabin that took f/a's down to the lower galley to cook the in-flight meals b4 they were brought up to be served. So cool!

Great video! I remember flying with TWA back in 1986 from JFK to Copenhagen, Denmark. 747 service! That was the glory days of flying!

This aircraft was revolutionary, breathtaking and so quiet. Loved it!

What a wing! Great vintage footage! Thanks for sharing!

I tell people today that they used to fly wide body aircraft in/out of LaGuardia and they think I'm crazy.

Man this takes me back. A ride in a delta L-1011 when I was about the age of the kids in this video is one of the foremost memories I have of when I firmly decided I wanted to be a pilot. Thanks so much for posting and sharing this!

Love the L-1011 awesome jet. we had them out of CLT to ATL on Eastern back in the good old days when CLT was a small airport. Today it is getting bigger every day....but now you don't need to go to ATL..so that is Good. Never forget family time in the air it is the best...

I remember the days of having different airlines flight schedules in a book...as a kid i once went out of my way to fly the L1011...i took a flight from DCA to LGA...then took L1011 from LGA to Atl...man the memories on that plane....loved the tri-jet era...727 second favorite.

Love the flap noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TWA was known for many years as "the airline of the stars," and the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was truly the "star" of its fleet.

The Tristar was the finest wide-body ever made and the flight guidance was second to none in its time. I spent 15 years on the old girl and could of retired on her but time moves on. She also had the best Auto-Land system in the industry. Simply a great airplane.

Nice video......love the ol' Tri Star

I knew a TWA career employee, he said the the L-1011's rattled like crazy on takeoff and landing, but TWA employees loved them... never had the opportunity to fly one.... was also said to be the most advanced aircraft of the time and that pilots loved them.... thanks for the nice video...

I loved the l1011.. I flew in it with TWA.. NYC . Arizona and back stopping in St Louis.. it was quiet and magestic..it amazed Me that this huge aircraft could even lift off.. I miss it..

Love this! I was born 6 years after this so I’ll never know the joy of the simpler times and experiencing the 1011 first hand. So many cool planes and vintage liveries back then.

*Really fantastic video, a lot (!!) of history - awesome sights in it. HUGE thanks to your dad...stuff like this is quite rare. Really 5star, THANKS for posting this.*

Thanks for sharing! Great video! Wow a plane with space in the cabin you sure don't see that anymore!

I was lucky enough to be a pilot in all trijets made in America, B727, DC10 and L1011; all of them great and each one my favorite for diverse reasons. I retired on 777/787 and still prefer the TriStar. Heavy on the controls, superb autoland and features that just now are appearing on the 787.

My dad and I are former TWA employees. Thanks for the share and bringing a flood of memories. Flown on this plane many times.

Thank you for posting this, I enjoyed it very much

Haha I love it when the RB.211 coughs up a bit of cloud like a lifelong smoker before coming to life. Love it.

Retired Controller here. I jumpseated about a dozen times in my career and my one trip on an L-1011, was my most memorable. Huge cockpit, great view! Smoothest flight, including Takeoff and landing. Just an awesome jet - the best!

Love me some L-1011!!!

Thanks for posting! I loved the L10-11 and the DC-10, never got the chance to fly one.

Seeing the Pan Am logo going by reminds me of one of the best flags ever flown on a commercial airline and the L-1011 the best plane ever built.

I remember how astonishing wide-body planes like the L-1011 were for me, in that it was around 8 years since I was traveling in DC-6s, DC-7s and Super Constellations. I liked the L-1011, having been aboard TWA and Eastern L-1011s.

Back when everything was so much simpler and happier. I really wish I were alive during this era.

Beautiful plane, loved that L1011 and at a time when flying was enjoyable, comfortable, not packed in like sardines

Some classic aircraft and airlines in the taxi, in the days before winglets.

In my opinion, this footage is worth a lot. Would have loved to fly on that beauty of a plane!

Great video! Thanks for the memories! I worked at TWA from 1983 through 1999 in L.A.. The 1011 was my favorite A/C!

Thank you for sharing this. It gives a great look into the TWA experience.

Great video! As a long time former TWA employee, I love watching these! Even though the footage was shot 27 years ago, it appears as if it was shot last week. Such great memories of that amazing aircraft, the L-1011, not to mention the B-707, B-727 and B-747! Douglas DC-9's and MD-80's were great too!

Thanks for sharing, a nice rare view of the cabin. I was lucky enough to fly the 1011 on a few occasions. MCO to ATL on DL in the early 90s. ALQ to STL on TWA, again, early 90s. I wish I had videos like this of my experiences.

Back in the day when LGA saw quite a bit of heavy metal. I miss the L-1011! Great footage, thanks for sharing this!

This takes me back, I soloed at PBI two days before the video was shot. You can see the small runway and my FBO right in the last few seconds of this video. Been an airline pilot for over 20 years now. Thanks for the memory!

Great footage, thank you so much for sharing this video. I was on a L-1011 when I was a kid great memories.

When the engines started up I thought they were flying through clouds...

Wonderful video!! Thank you! It's as if I was on the plane. I worked for TWA and have some of my fondest memories from back then!

I so clearly remember that overhead Rolls spooling up. Thanks for the memories!

Awesome footage. I was still very young back then, but this somehow brings back memories and feelings of nostalgia. Going on a plane was still a novelty and a privilege, and people still enjoyed a sense of awe and wonder with the whole idea of air travel. The Tri-Jets were magnificent planes.

Thanks for sharing this, really awesome to see!

What a terrific video Thanks for uploading:)

Rugged old bird. Nice to see some vintage wing-view videos!

L10-11 best airplane ever created. They were quiet and such a pleasure to fly on.

Excellent video of one of my favorite aircraft in my favorite livery. There was just something about these TWA L1011's that spoke to me. I still remember arriving at Lambert St.Louis (KSTL) in 1996 as a 10yr old. There wasn't a plane in sight as we arrived at the terminal drop off when; All of the sudden, with the iconic roar of the RB-211 engines, a Trans World L1011 came into view from behind the terminal as it rotated and climbed off runway 30L. Seeing that L1011 in TWA livery at high speed lifting from the Earth was nothing short of spiritual and is one of the defining moments that inspired me to become a pilot. On a side note, at about 1:18 in the video a Trump shuttle 727 taxis by and the guy behind the camera states "what a joke". That was great! Thanks!

Had the pleasure of flying on a Delta Airline's L-1011 non-stop from Atlanta to Paris....and then back. Extremely cavernous inside and a dream to fly on. Thanks for sharing this.👍

gee. im getting old. thanks for posting this.

Wow. I wasn't around for much of the 90s, as the kids in the video are probably at least 10 years older than me by now (if not more). Looking back on this footage is crazy, because jets from airlines in old paint jobs that I haven't seen for more than a decade are casually lining up on the tarmac like ghosts from the past. By the time I got interested in airplanes as a kid, the tristars were on their last legs and the dc-10s were soon to go. I can't imagine how much different aviation must feel for people who were used to the glory of these jets in the "old" days, but it's starting to hit me because even planes like the 757 that have been around forever (at least in my life) are starting to be retired and converted into fedex freighters. It's crazy how aviation changes in such a short time, and it's also crazy how time has a bad habit of slipping by ever so slightly.

26 years flying the TriStar. Best airliner ever. I’ve got 14 years in the 747-400, and while the 747 is a fabulous airplane it’s not a TriStar on its best day.

Thank you so much for sharing this! The Tristar is my favourite plane…sadly I know I’ll never have the experience of flying on one, but it’s so cool to see what the experience was like!

What a glorious bird & such a joy to fly. I remember flying L1011's while doing sorties over Naum back in 68, & bringing one of those birds back all shot up & riddled with holes. Indestructible air bus for sure.

What a great ship and great video!! Congrats man!!

Fantastic Video. Brings back memories . Gulf Air L1011s and BA 500s

Flew on Delta L 1011 from Honolulu to San Diego and back in 1998. It was a great airplane sad they don’t exist anymore.

An absolutely terrific airplane, like the DC-10 the engine sound is amazing

Excellent footage, thanks for uploading.

Thanks to your father for recording this and thanks to YOU for posting!😊

Thank you for sharing. Beautiful video.

TWA was my favourite airline!

Looking so nice! Thank you for sharing.

I worked this flight from time to time.... it was a great flight too! Easy beverage and snack service....we served the turkey w/ swiss cheese on a roll and roast beef with cheddar on a Kaiser roll....first class usually got cheeseburgers w/ potato salad, or clam chowder with turkey and ham sandwiches on swiss cheese and marble bread....Those were the good old days! :)

great vintage footage.absolutely love this airplane.grew up in the 80s and 90s so I remember when these birds were regular sights at airports around the world.used to love going to JFK to see tons of trijets and Pan Am 747 classics.miss those days.I like how Lockheed was really the pioneer of plenty of technologies on this aircraft.also the real pioneer of curved ceilings (well, semi-curved) that the triple 7's sport now.look how spacious those vaulted ceilings looked with the ones configured without the center bins!and strangely the 2-5-2 configuration made the cabin seem wider in appearance,at least to me, because you see five seats in the center instead of three in today's ubiquitous 3-3-3 config.Even the 747 classic cabin seems more spacious than that of a 747-400 or 8i to me since the smaller overhead bins revealed those sidewalls more and emphasized how completely vertical they were which is unique to the 747 (and also the A380 main deck now I guess).great video though.glad you included the cabin shots.brought back memories of my experiences with the tristar.what video camera were you using?circa 1990,my dad was still using the huge hundred-pound shoulder-mounted camera that held a full VHS tape.When we went on a trip to Europe,it was in a separate case that looked like a another luggage.lol.

Thanks for sharing. Such a wonderful time to be an avgeek.

damn that "Woooo" when he pushed the throttle up gave me goosebumps!

Great to see this. I was only on one L1011 ever. It was a TWA flight from LHR (London) to JFK in May 1990. The plane had Gulf Air markings. Think they had an arrangement between them. I was on the right side (window seat) above a rear cargo door. My first trip to USA. I remember the plane feel like it was dangling patiently and smoothly in the sky in the final stages of the flight. Wish I'd had a camera on board back then, but the memories are good enough!

Aw great footage! Thanks for posting:-)

As a kid this was the aircraft I most wanted to get on. Missed out on it as well as the DC-8

I miss the days with NO winglets or wing flex that makes paper look bad. The old birds were solid and tough.

Best plane ever made.

That thumbnail exemplifies the mid to late 80's, and 90s perfectly hahahaha

Filmed on my birthday. 4 years later I’d be born. Crazy how time moves so fast

My first flight on an airplane ever...1988 from JFK to PBI on the TWA L1011...my goodness what an experience that was!! Even got to see the space shuttle lifting off in the distance as we approached PBI. Needless to say I was hooked on flight from there on!!!

Your fortunate to have these home movies. How wonderful to look back on your family trips. Two lucky boys that maybe have children of their own by now to share these with. Never flew on a L-1011, but looks similar inside to the only DC-10 that I flew on.

I have to add- what an amazing video! Thank you for sharing, it seems like such a long time ago and yet it really wasn’t! All of those empty seats though, wow! I always loved the L-1011 and flew a few them across the Atlantic back in the day. Most were built in the early 1970s.

TWA L1011 service-Boston to Los Angeles. Loved flying on that plane!

Wow, and thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the video

nothin' like a Tristarus Rex, folks :)