Airborne! L-1011 Enroute from ROW to MKC!

**moose135** · 01-30-2010, 02:47 PM

Not something you see every day. N700TS, the L-1011 which had been stored at ROW, departed at approx 2:40pm EST, enroute to her new home, MKC and the Airline History Museum.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N700TS

**MarkLawrence** · 01-30-2010, 02:52 PM

Wow - registered to Save A Connie - Wheeler will be a nice place to visit soon with the Connie there too!

**T-Bird76** · 01-30-2010, 03:11 PM

Jealous...very very jealous.

**hiss srq** · 01-30-2010, 03:28 PM

Yeah, a few TWA forum groups I chatter on from time to time has been watching this closely. Allegedly it might get the twin globes paint job when all is said and done

**moose135** · 01-30-2010, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by hiss srq

Allegedly it might get the twin globes paint job when all is said and done

Now that would be worth a trip to Kansas City!

**moose135** · 01-30-2010, 07:12 PM

AHM now has videos of the arrival on their site...

http://www.ahmhangar.com/movies/2010/1/ ... -city.html

**MarkLawrence** · 01-30-2010, 07:33 PM

Just awesome!

NLovis · 01-31-2010, 02:27 AM

Never seen a 1011 before. Nice ac. Wish I could have seen them fly.

**moose135** · 01-31-2010, 10:17 AM

The Kansas City Star has photos of the arrival here:

http://www.kansascity.com/934/gallery/1717762.html

**Mayi757** · 01-31-2010, 05:03 PM

That's pretty cool it finally made it to the museum. Seeing that L1011 begs the question why there aren't any 707s (other than the Dash 80 which sat derelict for years) and other such historic airliners being preserved here in the USA. Such fine examples of American engineering. There's many more airliners preserved in Europe.

I chatted online and exchanged a few emails with the owner of this L1011 a few years ago. After failure to start flying in Bolivia, it was ferried to Dallas for an appearance on a TV set. Then repainted for a Gambian company. I was in contact with the owner because the ferry flight could take place with a stop in S. Florida on the way to Africa, and I wanted to see it. Turns out after the plane was painted, the Gambian company didn't have the cash to actually pay for it. It was up for sale including a spare engine but there were no takers.

Later it was registered 9Q- for LAC Congo but that lease also fell through. I wonder how much $ the museum paid. Must have been A LOT LESS than the ~$1.5 million! :shock: the owner was originally asking.

**heeshung** · 01-31-2010, 05:59 PM

Here's a video of the bouncy touchdown:

**hiss srq** · 02-01-2010, 05:50 PM

What a sharp bird. I really really hope the twin globe scheme rumor comes to frutition I am hearing. I would love to see a 727 brought into town though too. To me the 727 was really the best symbol of TWA in the USA. If TWA flew a jet into a city at one point chances are at least one of them was a 727.