One of the last SPs… next to one of the last Tristars.

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Guadalajara3@reddit

Northrop flies the last airworthy tristar

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Seems that the L-1011 isn’t airworthy anymore, which is a shame. Instead, it’s owned by KC Aviation STEM and operated as a “STEM classroom” (field trip experience) for kids in the KC area. The volunteer program managed to rescue the airframe from the scrapper after 15 years in a Tucson boneyard and short of its intended use, I can’t think of a much better purpose than inspiring the next generation of aviation professionals. I’d have loved to do it in middle school

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auxilary@reddit

use to know a pilot who was typed on this very jet.

he said the owners were huge assholes to work with, but the gig paid well

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cyberentomology@reddit (OP)

The now-defunct aviation history museum downtown at MKC has (had) a tristar as well.

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Intelligent_Age_6284@reddit

Shit that museum isn’t open anymore? 😔

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cyberentomology@reddit (OP)

Sadly no, there was a lease conflict with the city and they lost.

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Intelligent_Age_6284@reddit

Governments suck

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egguw@reddit

no way, that sucks :(. had that museum on my bucket list for quite some time but never had the opportunity to go to kansas

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Sixshot_@reddit

There's a video online of its engines being run within the past year or thereabout, so it at least still "works"

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LittleGanache_1984@reddit

This is sad. The Classics are dying, just like the boomers.

I can't say i feel the same about Boomers themselves

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66hans66@reddit

Would you like a bucket of putty for that chip on your shoulder?

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LittleGanache_1984@reddit

LOL. You got downvited

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Signal_Ball4634@reddit

There's like, zero economic reason to keep them around but I'm going to be sad once they retire the last few trijets and quadjets.

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Scary-Anything-1675@reddit

There is another one parked at Tijuana's Airport

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Fluxmuster@reddit

That one sitting in TJ was involved in a near fatal loss of control in the 80s before being bought and operated by some televangelist cult leader.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006

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Shoegazer75@reddit

This is at the overhaul base in KC - glad I wasn't the only one who noticed all these beauties sitting there!

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cyberentomology@reddit (OP)

They’ve got quite a motley collection.

During Covid I think they had half of Air Canada’s entire fleet!

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MichaelPgh@reddit

great catch!

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cyberentomology@reddit (OP)

Saw it while landing the other day, was back up there today and grabbed a picture. The tristar has been there for a hot minute, but the SP arrived only a few months ago, it’s the old Sands Casino bird.