#FlashbackKusuku: I-Lockheed L-1011 kwi-15 Iifoto

Uhambo lwe-Tri-Jet

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I-aircraft ye-tri-jet yakhulelwa phakathi nama-1960 ukuthutha abagibeli abangama-250 kwiindwendwe ezide. Yanikezela iinkonzo ezinobuntu ababandakanya abantu ababandakanya iifestile ezingenakuqhaqhazelayo, iifestile zokugcina iindawo ezifihlakeleyo, i-galley engezantsi, ezithutha ukutya ukuya kwi-cabin ephezulu ngeendlela eziphakamileyo ezimbini, iisiski eziqhelekileyo kunye neebhondi eziphezulu.

Ngo-Apreli 1972, emva kweminyaka emithandathu yokumisa kunye nokulwa - kuquka nemingeni yokuyila, iingxaki zemali kunye nokunyuka kwemali - i-Lockheed California Inkampani (ngoku eyiCheheed Martin) yanikela i-L-1011 i-TriStar yokuqalisa abathengi baseMpuma. Umqhubi wenyusa inkonzo nge-flight esuka eMami ukuya eNew York.

Kodwa iingxaki zemali zininzi kakhulu ukuba zinqobe. I-Jet ye-TriStar ye-250 yaveliswa yi-Lockheed, kwaye i-L-1011 ibonakalise i-airline yokuhamba ngeenqwelo zokuhamba. Kodwa inkampani iphuma kwinqaku eliphezulu, edale, kwelinye igama lomqhubi, "i-aircraft ehlakaniphile kunazo zonke ekwazi ukundiza." Ngezantsi kwezi-15 zezithombe ezinkulu zejeti eziphelile ukuveliswa ngo-1984.