Decades ago, I came to know that one of the Museums in U.S. (Airline History Museum, AHM, in Kansas City, MO) had acquired a Lockheed TriStar; a rare airliner type exhibit to be found anywhere in a museum. Almost all of the Lockheed TriStars were overwhelmingly scrapped and abandoned by early 2010 but not preserved. The (preserved) TriStar in the AHM Museum is a rare (former TWA) L-1011-385-1 (so-called "TriStar 1" early variant). Apparently, in U.S., there is now one other (former Delta) TriStar, also an L-1011-1, in public exhibit in the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, GA. 

I'd visited this (AHM) Museum once before to see the TWA L-1049G Super Constellation exhibit there. So, when I heard of the TriStar exhibit, I thought of driving from Chicago to Kansas City.

One fine Saturday morning well before daybreak, supplied with a drive-through pick-up of a bold (large) "Venti" size...🙂...coffee, I embarked on my 510 miles drive from Chicago to Kansas City (MO)...non-stop...punctuated only by a couple of health breaks on the way. BTW, my trip meant that I also retrace the same 510 miles on the (following) Monday back to Chicago (and my work), so, it was over 1,000 miles total in a matter of a couple of days...Oh well...it all then seemed (rather) effortless (but nonetheless a memorable) event of my younger days...🙂...undertaken by the (sole) desire to see a TriStar...up close...

Anyway, today, in my MSFS2024 iniBuilds L-1011, I noticed that there are a couple of TWA liveries included in the repaint packs available in the Marketplace. One of them is with Reg. N31029; see the marking on my image below; with the Reg. very similar to the TWA (sister ship) Reg. N31019 that I'd actually visited, decades ago. These two TriStar airframes (both "TriStar 1/100/200" early variants) were delivered to TWA within a year of each other, back in 1974/1975, 50+ years ago. 

The TriStar exhibit I'd visited was/is no longer in the TWA colors. If you wish, search for these keywords, "Airline History Museum Lockheed L-1011 TriStar images" to see a few pictures of this RW (TriStar) airframe on the AHM premises.

The iniBuilds rendered TriStar version is an L-1011-500, so, consider my (below) image a fictitious representation of the (original) TWA (N31029/TriStar 1/100/200) variant. The N31029, seen below, was the only TWA TriStar painted in the final 1995 "Globe" livery.

Hope, you like this image of the (classic) Lockheed TriStar; a most innovative and luxurious long-haul jetliner of its era; looking good here, as it would in any other livery.

Thanks for viewing...!

Cheers and happy flying...!

Great and stunning shot, this one is realy missing in my hangar but as long as I'm still flying in MSFS2020, unfortunately it's not possible - but in time the L1011 will come too, at least at the end of this year..

cheers 😉

Edited May 2May 2 by pmplayer

Beautiful shot!

5 hours ago, John F said:

Beautiful shot!

Appreciated the comment, John.

I have been always fond of this TWA livery, and, indeed, it looks beautiful here, on the TriStar.

Take care.

 

7 hours ago, pmplayer said:

Great and stunning shot, this one is really missing in my hangar but as long as I'm still flying in MSFS2020, unfortunately it's not possible - but in time the L1011 will come too, at least at the end of this year..

cheers 😉

Thank you, pmplayer. Yes, one way or another, I am sure you will get to fly this one in MSFS in future...knowing well your affinity for such classics...

BTW, I am aware that LH never had any L-1011 in its fleet. However, I noticed in the EU repaint pack, I'd picked up from the Marketplace; the LTU livery, one of your (other) national favorites...🙂...LTU had once deployed 13 L-1011s (10 TriStar 1/100/200s and 3 TriStar 500s). The below is a 500 shown on Runway 25 of your home airport (EDDS), ready to lift off on a short trip to EDDF/Frankfurt...🙂...

Cheers...!