St. George Hotel at Durham Tees Valley Airport have come to the rescue of Tony and Neil by offering free accommodation for the night whilst up in the area in May. Following an arduous journey across to Belfast and back, via Sunderland to drop off parts into storage at the North East Aircraft Museum, the [...]
Our return trip to Belfast has been scheduled for mid-May to pick up parts from the Trident 2E G-AVFE there. We have had a generous offer from Intack Self Drive in Blackburn for half-price hire of a Luton van over the four days we’ll need it. Tony and Neil will take the van over to [...]
Work has finally started in preparing the last complete Trident 1C airframe anywhere in the world for display in a museum. G-ARPO is our aircraft, and last week members from the Save The Trident team, including Tony Jarrett, Neil Lomax, Peter Foster and Phil Biley, met at Durham Tees Valley Airport to begin preparation work [...]
We had some great news today. Stena Line have agreed to sponsor us by providing return travel for a Luton van between Stranraer and Belfast. This will enable us to take the parts from Trident 2E G-AVFE at Belfast International Airport and transport them back to the museum at Sunderland ready to become part of [...]
Tony travelled to Durham Tees Valley Airport last week to meet with a couple of hauliers and crane reps to discuss the needs of the move. Being in the presence of G-ARPO made it easier to explain and discuss the plans and potential problems, and has enabled each of the companies to go away and [...]
