Trident 1c G-arpo

[tony jarrett]

Hi All,
Just want to imform you all that i have secured the trident G-ARPO Trident 1c and Along with Neil Lomax (who did the t3 at Manchester) will be moving it to North East Aircraft Museum in 2012 after agreeing with its owner and the museum.We will then start the preservation outside and in with the cockpit back to its best . We will then seat half the plane and open the rear up as to tell the history of the trident.
We have a website up and running http://www.savethetrident.org/ and we hope to have more features added soon. This will have a link to britishclassic aviation forum where we have the discussion currently. We will need to open up a donation account to help with the great cost of breaking down and removal and rebuild before we can restore it. This is the last trident 1c in the world and hope many of you will follow and help with this worthy cause so people can enjoy this aircraft for many years to come.... tony

[Doug Robertson]

Congratulations! Sounds like a very worthy endeavor.

My one flight in a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C was in September 1971, flying from Heathrow to Schiphol, a distance of 200 nautical miles. I recall ducking my head to enter the forward cabin short oval hatch which had a duct-taped foam pad temporarily affixed to its curved top by a flight attendant to protect boarding passengers from an inadvertent head-strike. (My first clue this was a different aircraft than our Boeing 727, which was a similar tri-jet with three rear engines, and suggested design reference to the lessons learned from their Comet Series 1 crashes). I also recall the netting on the open overhead seat bins-no closed compartments above for carry-on luggage, etc.

The trip took 45 minutes as we orbited about the North Sea, in order to serve/sell drinks and snacks to everyone before arrival. In this regard, not too different from American short jet commutes. I believe the Trident seemed noisier than the 727, (turbojets vs. turbofans) and I was seated well forward in the all-tourist seating. Can't recall the airline-It was not British Airways. possibly B.E.A.?

Good luck on your venture.
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[tony jarrett]

thanks doug for your experience on the trident... .Keep following the ebsite to see our progress, ...tony

[tony jarrett]

A structural survey was carried out by a ba current ceritfied aircraft engineer on the 23/10/09 and we found that the spars were in realatively good health, The landing gear will require a bit of work but will hold the aircrafts weight again.and allthough the aircraft will need a some work it is all restorable.The aircraft was also measured for the transportation and museums needs . We also held a very productive meeting on sorting out the logistics of transportation and craneage and also our next steps. It was also felt we needed to bring the project forward and with the museums approval we are trying to get it moved next june to the museum
We were also offered from the de havilland museum all their spare trident parts and also we had an aircraft artist who wants to do a painting which he will donate of our aircraft with the rights for us to do prints as well as having the original for the exhibit.... keep you all posted , tony