LOCKHEED L-1011 TRISTAR EASTERN AIRLINES PROMOTIONAL FILM 48654

Support Our Channel : Aerospace and technology company Lockheed presents “You Have To Get Up Pretty Damn Early To Beat The TriStar — an early 1970s color film promoting the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, a medium-to-long-range, wide-body airliner that took its first flight in 1972 with Eastern Air Lines. Hank Dees, a test and research pilot, greets the viewer starting at mark 00:49 and discusses the flight program in detail as we watch test footage of the aircraft and Dees discusses the engineering and design aspects of the aircraft. At mark 06:04, we see former NASA astronaut and then-Eastern Airlines senior vice president Frank Borman exit a TriStar after flying the aircraft and then address the media while describing its handling as “superior.” We see a view from inside the cabin waiting for passengers as well as the “new uniforms” for flight attendances (mark 08:00) as they strike leggy poses within the aircraft engine for photographers. The film shows us the aircraf