Peter Foster On Board

Jan 25th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Project News

Peter Foster is a new member of our team. He’s got a wealth of aviation experience, and has even saved a Lightning aircraft, restoring it fully. Peter was formerly a Senior Duty Officer at Durham Tees Valley (then Teesside) airport, and had the honour of being the last person to marshall G-ARPO when she arrived to take up post at the fire training school in 1983.

With Peter’s help, we have gained access to a Cherry Picker, and also should be able to remove a lot of the scrap metal inside the airframe that is no longer needed at no cost.

We look forward to his help in our bid to save G-ARPO.

Tags: durham tees valley, G-ARPO, peter foster, teesside airport

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This site represents the bid to save and preserve the last complete Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C anywhere in the world. This is G-ARPO, based in the north east of England. We hope to move it to a museum later in 2010.

Please Donate!

Saving this aircraft is only going to be possible through donations to the project. Our biggest costs will be to cover the dismantling, transportation, and reassembly of the aircraft.

All money goes towards the aircraft, and no team member takes anything from it. If you donate, you will have your name on the Roll of Honour onboard the restored aircraft.

If you are able to give anything, please click the above link to donate through PayPal, or click here to read more.

Forums

There are a number of forums to discuss G-ARPO. Try these:

Classic British Aviation
Key Publishing
Jetphotos
Facebook Group

Meet The Team

The team behind this project to save Trident G-ARPO is:

Tony Jarrett
Neil Lomax
Matt Falcus
Julian Cannon
Bruce Partington
Peter Foster

Thanks

Special thanks go out to Stuart Davies and Steven Metcalf at Serco's IFTC for their commitment and support for this project, and for allowing us to take the aircraft. Thanks also to Peter Foster, former Senior Duty Manager at Durham Tees Valley, who has a vast experience in aviation and was the last man to marshall G-ARPO.