When launched, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was the most technologically-advanced widebody commercial airliner ever. This aircraft made leaps forward in efficiency, comfort, and safety. 50 years ago, ...

Today’scommercial aircraft market is defined by a handful of manufacturers. Boeing and Airbus dominate the narrowbody and widebody sectors, while regional players such as Embraer, Bombardier, and ATR ...

An unexpected problem plunges a promising new airliner program into crisis mode, potentially dragging the world’s largest aerospace company down along with it. Billions of losses, meanwhile, pile up ...

A technical marvel but a financial albatross, Lockheed's first L-1011 "TriStar" widebody passenger jet was pictured on our July 20, 1970 cover, nearing completion on the company assembly line in ...