Rare footage from an Eastern Airlines Flight Engineer, recorded on a VHS tape in 1986. Shows an Eastern Airlines L1011 TriStar, registration N317EA, on the ground in New York City. The full tour includes exterior shots, a cabin walkthrough, the galley on the lower deck, and cockpit shots.

Exterior tour begins: 0:11
Cabin tour begins: 3:16
Galley tour begins: 7:11
More of cabin: 8:53
Cockpit tour begins: 9:28

The plane, N317EA, was delivered to Eastern Airlines in 1973. After the unfortunate closure of Eastern, it was delivered to Air Algerie for a few months, and then American Trans Air. In 1991, the plane was delivered to Delta Airlines under the registration N784DA, and was broken up in 2003 at Marana Boneyard. More information, as well as photos, are available online.

The Lockheed L1011 TriStar, is an American mediumtolongrange, widebody trijet airliner by Lockheed Corporation. It was the third widebody airliner to enter commercial operations, after the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC10. The airliner has a seating capacity of up to 400 passengers and a range of over 4,000 nautical miles (7,410 km). Its trijet configuration has three RollsRoyce RB211 engines with one engine under each wing, along with a third centermounted engine. The aircraft has an autoland capability, an automated descent control system, and available lower deck galley and lounge facilities. The aircraft also has a dedicated smoking section, 7 lavatories, giant movie screens, large ceilings, and multiple elevators that take crew to the lower deck galleys.

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