Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 illustration in Classic Airways livery

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Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50

L1011-1145Scrapped

RegistrationGBG-IOIT

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

CLOperatorClassic Airways

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Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50. Operated for British Airways, British Airtours and Classic Airways. Scrapped.

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Technical data

ManufacturerLockheed

Country of registrationReino Unido

MSN1145

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of Transportstyrelsen (Sweden) under its former registration SE-DPM · Oct 11, 2026

The model · Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

Figures for the L-1011-1 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 52% the length of a football pitch

Length54.2 m178 ft

Wingspan47.4 m155 ft

Height16.9 m55 ft

Range4,963 km2,680 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed892 km/h482 ktMach 0.84

Service ceiling12,802 m42,001 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight195,045 kg430,000 lb

Maximum payload85,412 kg188,301 lbIts 256 passengers with baggage would weigh about 25.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity256 passengersUp to 400 in a high-density layout

Endurance5 h 34 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

The type first flew in 1970 (56 years ago) · About 250 units built · Production ended in 1984

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Aircraft chronology

Dec 10, 1976

Delivered to British Airways

Delivered to British Airways as G-BEAL.

Apr 3, 1983

Transferred to British Airtours

Transferred to British Airtours.

Mar 18, 1984

Transferred to British Airways

Transferred to British Airways.

May 1, 1987

Transferred to British Airtours

Transferred to British Airtours.

Apr 14, 1988

Transferred to Caledonian Airways

Transferred to Caledonian Airways.

Apr 10, 1989

Transferred to British Airways

Transferred to British Airways.

Nov 8, 1989

Transferred to Caledonian Airways

Transferred to Caledonian Airways.

Jan 2, 1990

Transferred to British Airways

Transferred to British Airways.

Mar 16, 1990

Transferred to Caledonian Airways

Transferred to Caledonian Airways.

May 27, 1994

Transferred to Air Ops

Transferred to Air Ops.

May 21, 1996

Transferred to Caledonian Airways

Transferred to Caledonian Airways.

Operators

1976-12-10

British Airways

Registration G-BEAL

1983-04-03

British Airtours

Registration G-BEAL · Lessor: British Airways

1984-03-18

British Airways

Registration G-BEAL

1987-05-01

British Airtours

Registration G-BEAL · Lessor: British Airways

1988-04-14

Caledonian Airways

Registration G-BEAL · Lessor: 1988

1989-04-10

British Airways

Registration G-BEAL

1989-11-08

Caledonian Airways

Registration G-BEAL · Lessor: 1988

1990-01-02

British Airways

Registration G-BEAL

1990-03-16

Caledonian Airways

Registration G-BEAL · Lessor: 1988

1994-05-27

Registration SE-DPM

1995-03-01

Registration SE-DPM

1995-08-01

Registration SE-DPM

1996-05-21

Caledonian Airways

Registration G-CEAP · Lessor: 1988

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Classic Airways

Registration G-IOIT

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  urldate      = {2026-10-21},
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