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LOng Term Resident - Tristar

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Beagles4
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LOng Term Resident - Tristar

Post by Beagles4 » Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:03 pm

Noted on way home from work today, it looks like the scrapman has started breaking up the ex Classic Airways L1011 Tristar, `looked very much like the tail section has been reemoved... wont be long before the rest will be gone
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Re: LOng Term Resident - Tristar

Post by andygolfer » Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:49 pm

a report on the Stansted aviation Enthusiasts google group said that by 5pm this evening only the wing box section remained, the rest is metal pulp, sad to see it go but it must have been pretty rotten by now.

some pics of it a year and a bit ago (17-1-2017):
ImageG-IOIT (ex. G-CEAP) L.1011 Tristar, Stansted 17-01-2017 5929 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ImageG-IOIT (ex. G-CEAP) L.1011 Tristar, Stansted 17-01-2017 1385 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

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