L-1011

I am not sure who made the engines, but I think, and correct me if I am
wrong, were Rolls Royce. At least for Air Canada, at any rate. Quality
stuff, in my mind.

Jacques

Yes, the Air Canada Tri Stars had Rolls Royce engines. I'm not 100%
certain,
but I do believe that all L-1011s had Rolls Royce engines. As for the
crash,
it was an Eastern L-1011 that crashed into the Everglades. It was a
combination of pilot error and a malfunction of a stupid bulb. The pilots
had thought that the gear had not extended prior to landing due to no
landing gear down and locked light. While they were trying to figure out
if
the gear was actually down, they somehow disengaged the autopilot. The
aircraft gradually lost altitude and slammed into the ground before they
realized that they were about to crash. A bulb which cost roughly $1.00 or
less ended up costing a bunch of people their lives. Too weird. It was a
very reliable aircraft as far as I know (in general) and well liked by the
crews that flew them. My only "negative" experience was on an outbound
flight to London. On takeoff, the aircraft rattled and squeaked so much
that
it seemed like it was going to fall apart. Most of this was due to a
fairly
beat up runway in Winnipeg which has been resurfaced but even the cabin
crew
were wondering what was going on.

Nick

The engines fitted to the Tristar were Rolls-Royce RB-211's, also used on
some varients of Boeing's 747.

I seem to remember that a Delta Airlines L-1011 crashed on approach to
Dallas Fort-Worth, TX in 1985 as a direct result of flying into a
thunderstorm. The aircraft was slammed into the ground thanks to a vicious
microburst and the associated windshear. Personally, I think this was due to
pilot error and insufficient training in emergency procedures on behalf of
Delta Airlines as opposed to any defects within the airframe itself.


"Canuck" wrote in message
...
I am not sure who made the engines, but I think, and correct me if I am
wrong, were Rolls Royce. At least for Air Canada, at any rate. Quality
stuff, in my mind.

Jacques

Yes, the Air Canada Tri Stars had Rolls Royce engines. I'm not 100%
certain,
but I do believe that all L-1011s had Rolls Royce engines. As for the
crash,
it was an Eastern L-1011 that crashed into the Everglades. It was a
combination of pilot error and a malfunction of a stupid bulb. The pilots
had thought that the gear had not extended prior to landing due to no
landing gear down and locked light. While they were trying to figure out
if
the gear was actually down, they somehow disengaged the autopilot. The
aircraft gradually lost altitude and slammed into the ground before they
realized that they were about to crash. A bulb which cost roughly $1.00
or
less ended up costing a bunch of people their lives. Too weird. It was a
very reliable aircraft as far as I know (in general) and well liked by
the
crews that flew them. My only "negative" experience was on an outbound
flight to London. On takeoff, the aircraft rattled and squeaked so much
that
it seemed like it was going to fall apart. Most of this was due to a
fairly
beat up runway in Winnipeg which has been resurfaced but even the cabin
crew
were wondering what was going on.

Nick

On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:03:14 +0000, Nick Hunt wrote:

The engines fitted to the Tristar were Rolls-Royce RB-211's, also used
on some varients of Boeing's 747.

The RB211 was developed for the Tristar, and in the process drove RR into
bankruptcy, which also split the car-maker from the aero-engine maker.
There is much more about this engine at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_RB211