Meet Lockheed JetStar
The JetStar entered commercial service in 1961 after a development programme that began in the 1950s. Big Radials recounts the change from an intended two-engine installation to four Pratt & Whitney JT12 engines, producing the distinctive paired nacelles on either side of the rear fuselage. The cabin and early jet-transport cockpit belong to the first generation of purpose-built business jets.
History & design
Four engines and an early business-jet role
The developer’s history section places commercial entry in 1961. Its aircraft background explains the move to four JT12 engines and identifies the unusual rear-fuselage engine arrangement. Later individual owners and equipment changes belong to specific airframes within that history.
Big Radials · Big Radials JetStar Manual ↗Big Radials JetStar manual history.
Boosted controls and a rotating tail
NASA’s technical description records boosted pitch and roll controls and direct cable/bellcrank rudder operation. The pitch-trim system rotates the tail assembly; roll trim uses a tab. The report’s research-only direct-lift and side-force modifications are additional test equipment, separate from the JetStar rendition’s ordinary configuration.
NASA · NASA JetStar Flight-Test Report — 1975 ↗NASA 1975 JetStar report, base controls and research-modification scope.
Systems & details
Four engines and several navigation choices
Big Radials depicts the early four-JT12 JetStar, with fuel management across six tanks and an automatic start sequence that proceeds through engines three, four, two and one. The package’s navigation options include a custom CIVA INS and supported GTN750 installations. These choices describe a configurable simulator cockpit. They sit alongside the airframe’s distinctive four-engine arrangement and should not be taken as the equipment list of every JetStar delivered or subsequently modified.
In your simulator
No released simulator product is listed for this aircraft in the developers reviewed. Announced products are excluded.
Manuals & resources
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Manual
NASA JetStar Flight-Test Report — 1975NASA · NASA 1975 JetStar report, base controls and research-modification scope.Aircraft background
Big Radials JetStar ManualBig Radials · Big Radials JetStar manual history. The JetStar – Big RadialsBig Radials · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.Built-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 1 profile choice
Big Radials Lockheed JetStar
Big Radials · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020
The JetStar entered commercial service in 1961 after a development programme that began in the 1950s.
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