L(Lockheed) 1011 (model) 385 (something to do with the design number) 1(subtype, 1 for standard body, 3 for the 500) 14 (version, not on Tristar 1 or 500, 11=Tristar 50, 14=100\/150, 15=200) 193A (customer code, 193A=Eastern, 193B=Eastern 193C= British Airways, 193E=Air Canada, 193K=Court Line, 193R=LTU, etc).<\/p>\n
L-1011-1: basic model, with RB 211-22B, max gross weight was 430,000 lbs
\nL-1011-100: max gross weight 466,000 lbs, allowed center section fuel tanks
\nL-1011-200: same as -100, but had RB 211-524 engines
\nL-1011-500: long range version subtracted 13′ of fuselage, added 9′ to wingspan<\/p>\n
With regards to the -385: “In addition to the dash numbers, you may see numbers such as L-1011-385-1, which refer to the FEderal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification designation for a particular model L-1011. These numbers include 385-1, 385-1-14, 385-1-15, and 385-3<\/em>“. (Source:\u00a0\u00a0L-1011 Airliner Tech Series book)<\/em><\/p>\n Just to throw one more wrench into this, 3 designations that never got built:<\/p>\n L1011-385-8M, DC-10-30 competitor, never got built, pity… Thank you to Tom at MSY for his extensive contribution to this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" L(Lockheed) 1011 (model) 385 (something to do with the design number) 1(subtype, 1 for standard body, 3 for the 500) 14 (version, not on Tristar 1 or 500, 11=Tristar 50, 14=100\/150, 15=200) 193A (customer code, 193A=Eastern, 193B=Eastern 193C= British Airways, 193E=Air Canada, 193K=Court Line, 193R=LTU, etc). L-1011-1: basic model, with RB 211-22B, max gross weight […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32,"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviation.rosboch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nL1011-385-4 Tristar 600, Twin Engine
\nL1011-385-9C, sometimes called L1011-700, L1011 for mid-80s introduction with FBW, GE\/RR\/PW engine options, winglets on some drawings… Lockheed MD-11 competitor. design never progressed beyond drawing board, killed with L1011 program in early 80s.<\/em><\/p>\n