Lockheeds L-1011 has appeared on quite some movies during the years. This
listing may not be complete but itīs a good start for the L-1011 fan who
is about to rent a movie for tonight....
THE GHOST OF FLIGHT 401.
After the crash of Eastern Airlines flight 401 into the Everglades,
Florida in 1972 several stories about ghosts were circulating among crews at
Eastern and other Airlines. It is said that Eastern used some parts of that
crasched L-1011 on other aircrafts in their fleet. On those aircrafts the
Flight Engineer and the Captain was then seen several times by both cockpit
and cabin crew members. This is said to be a true story and this movie is
based on the book
"The ghost of flight 401" by John G. Fuller.
Starring Ernest Borgnine and Kim Basinger.(Paramount Pictures, 1978)
CRASH OF FLIGHT 401.
About the crash of the widebody jet and the rescue progress in the
Everglades in december 1972.
Starring William Shatner.
FIRE AND RAIN.
The true story about the aftermath of Delta Airlines flight 191 which
crashed in Dallas 1985 due to windshear.
Starring Tom Bosley, Patti LaBelle and David Hasselhoff.(Paramount
Pictures, 1989)
LAST FLIGHT OUT.
The last flight out of Saigon before it fell into enemy hands in 1975
was a Pan Am Boeing 747. In this movie however, they use a Tristar in the
colours of Pan Am. This is the story about that flight and everything around
it.
Starring Richard Crenna.(1990)
PASSENGER 57.
This is a modern action-movie about a hi-jacking. Lotīs of action and
lotīs of L-1011. The L-1011 in the movie is serial no 1087 which has flown
for Eastern Airlines as N330EA and Faucett as OB-1504.
Starring Wesley Snipes.(1992)
DIE HARD II.
Another action movie featuring Hawaiian Air's L-1011 N765BE (serial no 1105)
painted in a fictional 'NEA Northeast' colour scheme.
Starring Bruce Willis.
THE LANGOLIERS.
3 hour movie about a flight through a "time-hole" that brings it into the
future. The aircraft used is serial no 1065 which flew as N31018 for TWA
and later on as SE-DSC for Air Ops. (1995)
Other L-1011 filmīs
Flight in the cockpit #17.
Join Royal Airlines on a flight to Las Vegas in this 90 minute film
available from Just Planes Videos
Just L-1011īs.
60 minute film with L-1011īs from all over the world taxiing, taking off and
landing. Also available from Just Planes
Videos
Den sista landningen. (The last touchdown)
A sad, 30 minute documentary about the dismantling of SE-DPX (serial no
1091) in Stockholm in june 1998. Filmed by Jan Sandell.