# LOCKHEED L-1011 TRISTAR EASTERN AIRLINES PROMOTIONAL FILM 48654

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 aircraft at the Paris Airshow and in flight as it continues, as well as ongoing tests including some at Edwards Air Force Base (mark 15:22 ). The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as the L-1011 (pronounced "L-ten-eleven") or TriStar, is a medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner by Lockheed Corporation. It was the third wide-body airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The airliner has a seating capacity up to 400 passengers and a range over 4,000 nautical miles…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/48654YouHaveToGetUpPrettyDamnEarlyToBeatTheTristar)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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