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January Update
The team have spent a number of hours working on G-ARPO during January – particularly our guys based at the museum, including Dave Matthews. Over the past weekend we tried filling a few of the tires (including those on the donated Trident 1E leg) to check their condition ahead of the planned moving of the [...]
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All she wants for Christmas…
This year we thought we'd treat our old bird, G-ARPO, to a special Christmas and buy her some gifts to ...
November Working Day
We had another day working on G-ARPO this Saturday with a few members of the team present. It proved quite fruitful ...
October Weekend Work
We had a couple of days working on G-ARPO at the North East Aircraft Museum over this weekend. Tony, Dave, Neil ...
Marketing deal with Wright Angle Design
We're pleased to announce a new deal with Wright Angle Design, a top marketing agency, to produce all of our ...
Landing gear strengthened, cabin cleaned
More progress is being made on G-ARPO at the museum. Over the past couple of days, KD Flavell Welding came ...
New wheels and a bit more work
We've been keeping up with some jobs at the museum on G-ARPO since the move. As you may have read in ...
New undercarriage leg on its way
We've had a very kind donation of a main undercarriage leg and wheels for G-ARPO recently. This comes from Northbrook ...
Thanks to our sponsors – MSD Cranes and JDPL
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank JDPL and MSD Cranes for their help so far, particularly with the ...
Move to Sunderland in pictures
The move of Trident G-ARPO up to the North East Aircraft Museum at Sunderland went like a dream. Over two ...
G-ARPO Trident reaches Sunderland!
Early this morning, the fuselage of Trident 1C G-ARPO left Durham Tees Valley Airport for the North East Aircraft Museum ...
Can you help with our costs? Time is short!
As we approach move date at the speed of a Trident in cruise (fastest subsonic airliner in its day, don't ...
Save The Trident – G-ARPO Welcome to the website for Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C, G-ARPO, and our bid to save and preserve this historic aircraft. Currently based at Durham Tees Valley Airport as part of Serco’s International Fire Training Centre, we plan to move this aircraft to a museum site in September/October 2010 and restore her as a Trident [...]
Trident Move Complete! Over the past two days we have managed to reach a major milestone in the project to save Trident 1C G-ARPO. We have now moved the entire aircraft to the North East Aircraft Museum. Yesterday, we managed to move the starboard wing and the horizontal stabiliser. Today, the port wing and tail fin were moved, [...]
All she wants for Christmas… This year we thought we’d treat our old bird, G-ARPO, to a special Christmas and buy her some gifts to make her feel special. As fans of the project, we wondered if you would like to buy her something too? Here are some of the things she’s put on her Christmas list to Santa that [...]
Trident at 50 It was 9th January 1962 that John Cunningham captained the first ever Trident flight in G-ARPA at Hatfield. That momentous day saw the start of a special aircraft that went on to revolutionise autoland technology, the three rear mounted engine design, and became one of the fastest subsonic airliners ever produced. With only a handful [...]
