Lockheed L-1011

NASA's Lockheed L-1011 TriStar diagram.

Lost's Lockheed L-1011 film prop in its storage location behind Dillingham Airfield in Hawaii.

The nose piece of the Lockheed L-1011 prop at the He'eia Kea storage lot near Kaneohe, HI.

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar is a widebody passenger jet manufactured between 1968 and 1984. A Lockheed L-1011 is used as the location depicting the crashed wreckage of Flight 815 on Lost.

Notes

• Flight 815 is a Boeing 777.
• Flight 815's interior scenes are neither a L-1011 nor a Boeing 777.
• Chronology: The L-1011 aircraft used in Lost:

1. Was production model 1009
2. Was the 9th L1011 built and first flew June 12, 1972.
3. Originally delivered to Eastern Airlines as N308EA.
4. Stored in the Mojave Desert in 1991
5. Purchased seven months laterby Delta Airlines, who re-registered it as N783DL
6. Delta flew the plane for six and a half years, then stored it in Victorville, then in the Mojave Desert again
7. Purchased by Aviation Warehouse, an aviation props company for television and film.
8. Sold to Lost

Storage

The fuselage props are stored in two locations. The nose piece is stored in a lot by the highway in Heeia Kea, HI. The rest of the fuselage, including the middle section, is stored in a lot behind Dillingham Airfield in Waialua, HI, which is only minutes away from the wreckage filming location at Mokuleia Beach. Also, the Beechcraft fuselage that depicted the Drug smugglers' plane is also stored in the same lot at Dillingham Airfield.

External links

• Photo of the plane in the Mojave Desert storage area, June 2001
• [http://flytristar.tripod.com/photo_storage/mhv/n064.jpg Photo of the plane being broken up, 22 February, 2004
• L1011.homestead.com Photos and historical details of the Lost plane prop
• Lost Virtual Tour Photo of L-1011 storage in Hawaii at Dillingham Airfield.
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin article on transport and setup of the Lost plane prop
• Delta Museum Photos from DC-3s and L-1011s used in film and television
• Lockheed L-1011 (Wikipedia)
• Airsafe.com real life accidents of L-1011s
• Reuters Article on storage of planes in the desert