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A Trip to Belfast International
Tony, Jill and I had a great day at Belfast International on Friday 5th Feb courtesy of the Belfast International Fire & Rescue team. These guys treated us incredibly well, spending time shuttling us around from terminal to fire station, to Trident and back again. They really were friendly and helpful, so a big thank [...]
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Project News
Ideal World Shopping
Ideal World Shopping has donated a number of ladders to the project which will be shipped to the North East ...
Tees Valley Flight Training
We've had a very kind donation from Tees Valley Flight Training. Durham Tees Valley Airport, where G-ARPO is currently situated, ...
Peter Foster On Board
Peter Foster is a new member of our team. He's got a wealth of aviation experience, and has even saved ...
Cockpit Supplies Are Growing
Our collection of parts and supplies to help fill the gaps in G-ARPO's cockpit has been growing thanks to a ...
Please Donate!
We are now in a position to receive any donations towards the project to save Trident 1C G-ARPO. We recognise the ...
Happy Christmas from Save The Trident
We just wanted to take the opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The support we've ...
Belfast Trident as a Parts Source
We have had some great news today from the Belfast International Fire Service. In a corner of Belfast International Airport ...
HSS Hire to the Rescue
HSS Hire have agreed to help us out with tool hire when it comes to dismantling G-ARPO. When the time comes ...
Spares from the De Havilland Museum
Some great news for the G-ARPO project came recently when the De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (Mosquito Museum) at London ...
Structural Survey Complete
On Friday 23 October, members of the Save The Trident team met up at Durham Tees Valley to inspect the ...
Trident Feature in Aeroplane Magazine
The current issue of Aeroplane Magazine has a 22-page feature on the HS Trident, covering development, design, certification, operational life, ...
About the Site
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 exhibit [...]
About G-ARPO
G-ARPO First Flight 45 Years Ago Today 45 years ago today, on 13 January 1965, our Trident G-ARPO made her first flight from Hatfield.
As the 15th Trident built, she shortly began a life flying with British European Airways, and later British Airways, out of London Heathrow to destinations throug
hout Europe and the UK.
Today she is in remarkably good condition considering her age [...]
Project News
Ideal World Shopping Ideal World Shopping has donated a number of ladders to the project which will be shipped to the North East Aircraft Museum to enable a lot of work to be undertaken on G-ARPO when she arrives. This is an incredibly generous offer, so thank you!
Ideal World is a fantastic online and TV shopping company with [...]
Other News
Paintings of Trident G-ARPO Michel Schou is a fantastic aviation artist who creates wonderful paintings of classic aircraft and airlines from days gone by, as well as some modern ones. He has been very kind to our project and is creating a set of paintings of Trident G-ARPO in scenes from its past. These paintings will be used to [...]
