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User currently offlineBigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56
Posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1308 times:

If I want to get to see ATA L-1011s, what airports give me the best opportunities?

DFW? BWI? Anywhere else?

Can anyone give me any details? I'm looking to make a weekend trip of it from NYC and to get some photos.

Thanks,

-Phil Derner Jr.


Phil Derner Jr.
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User currently offlineNtspelich From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 764 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1236 times:

They come into BWI quite frequently, but there's no set schedule since it's all Air Mobility Command flights for the military. Lately, we've been getting more World MD11s and Omni DC10s though.

NTS


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User currently offlineN323ER From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 138 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1222 times:

You have INDY, BWI and of course MHZ, Kuwait, Frankfurt

RYAN

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User currently offlineLeskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 72
Reply 3, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 1209 times:

Quoting N323ER (Reply 2):
Frankfurt

With the airbase part of the airport closed now, I doubt we'll be seeing too many of those Tristars here from now on... but it's always been a nice way to get to see some planes and airlines you usually just don't see in Europe...

Regards,
Frank


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User currently offlineBigPhilNYC From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 4073 posts, RR: 56
Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1162 times:

So with what frequency would you say they come into BWI? Once a day maybe?

If I went there for a day or two, what would my chances be of getting one?


Phil Derner Jr.
User currently offlineKC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11705 posts, RR: 52
Reply 5, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1154 times:

At DFW, you can count on an average of 4 TZ L-1011-500s per week, with the other 3-4 R&R flights being North American B-767-300ERs or World or Omni DC-10-30s or MD-11s.

A good place to see the L-1011s is near the General Avaition Ramp, as that is where they are towed to if they spend more than a few hours at DFW.

User currently offlineWjcandee From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 4553 posts, RR: 17
Reply 6, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1124 times:

I'm not kidding about this: YQX and BGR are good places to see the Tristars, as is SNN. But you'd probably be bored the rest of the time.

Right now, DFW is probably a better bet than BWI.

Best,

Bill

User currently offlineSeptember11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3623 posts, RR: 23
Reply 7, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1100 times:

DFW or LAX

I looked up most recent Airlines.net photos of ATA L-1011 .. DFW, most recent.


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left photo taken on Sep. 10 at DFW
right photo taken on July 31 at DFW


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left photo taken on July 27 at LAX
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better hurry up  wink 


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User currently offlineTundra767 From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2005, 429 posts, RR: 4
Reply 8, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1060 times:

Not to mention weekly to SEA,OKO,MSJ,NEU. Also SNN gets a bit on tech stops.

User currently offlineNtspelich From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 764 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (7 years 7 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1024 times:

Quoting BigPhilNYC (Reply 4):
So with what frequency would you say they come into BWI? Once a day maybe?

Some days it's two a day and then it'll dry up for a bit. In the mid-summer we were getting a lot of L1011 traffic and since September it's tapered off quite a bit. I'm in the midst of 24 straight days at work and am yet to see one since October 1st.

I wish that I could give youa firmer answer on their frequency here, but lately it's been quite hit or miss.

NTS


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