Exactly 42 years ago today, on November 16, 1970, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar made its maiden flight. Test pilot Henry Baird, copilot Ralph C. Cokely, and test engineers Glenn E. Fisher and Rod Bray made up the crew. The aircraft took off from Lockheed's Palmdale, California plant in the California high desert and flew the plane for two and a half hours. During the maiden flight, the aircraft reached an altitude of 20,000 feet and a speed of 288 miles per hour.
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