RE: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

Totally agreed V1, i have been on a Tristar, an old one though. Very comfy and all. The Tristar dissapeared because of Boeing only, Its like this Boeing wanted the monoply of the 777 and 767 and they needed to stop production of the DC-10 and the Lockheed Tristar for doing this. Also there was one problemn, the pilots were not happy with the machine. The Tristar was constently having problems with its rudder system and had to be grounded. Cathay Pacific used the Tristar widely, and they had the same compltain. But later on the rudder system was fixed, but know it had a bad name in every one’s mind, quite like the situation with the DC-10s boot doors. But a magnificent aircraft.

RE: BA gets rid of it’s tacky tails!

Well i am not surprised as well if they plan to make those fancy tails dissapear. I came to know that they did a survey on this and came to know that people came to know that people prefer one purticulor colour scheme. This survey was done i think with BA’s frequent flyers. Well i never liked there colour schemed one bit, all that money will know just go down the drain. The logo and the colour scheme of an airline is its skin by witch people recognise it. BA tried to keep that by putting there logo between the upper deck and the lower deck, but i have experienced most people get confused what airline it is, A purticular BA 747 has visited most here, it has kindof a chinese painting of White and Black markings. People thought a new airline, but found BA.