Comments on: The last flight of a Trident 1C

By: Dave Spain

Dave Spain — Tue, 10 May 2011 09:47:49 +0000

Many happy memories as a Kid going down to Malta on a BEA Trident in the late 1970`s. Fantastic aircraft. Great to see this one is being saved. I have just been looking at the Trident on the cover of the BEA book “The first 25 years” the story of a great airline! My Dad worked for BEA for 37 years based in Jersey until 1995 – Those were the days.

By: Gonzalo Gleicher

Gonzalo Gleicher — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:53:56 +0000

awesome post! Thanks

By: Ian Madigan

Ian Madigan — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:26:23 +0000

I would be interested to know details/dates of all the Tirdents that ended up at MME.

I know G-ARPO, G-AWZS & the mid-forward fuselage section G-AVFJ are the remaining ones; and that G-AWZR was the last one to be ‘burned’. It also rings a bell that G-ARPR was there at some point too.

It would be great if someone could provide a full list with dates – better still, photos.

By: Aaron kearins

Aaron kearins — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:34:20 +0000

I want to be a pilot when i grow up and those photos amazed me and it is just a lovely looking plane

By: Mehitabel

Mehitabel — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:47:21 +0000

Faintly curious as to why the guy named as “Engineer” is the four-striper in the photo…

By: Pauline Sherry

Pauline Sherry — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:17:05 +0000

I have visited the restored Trident at MAN; what an amazing experience to be on board a restored Trident! The Trident was before my time, but as an aircraft enthusiast, it’s great to see a classic British aircraft being restored so people like myself have the chance to enjoy them. For years, a Trident sat abandoned at my local airport, GLA, and I was sad to discover that it had eventually been scrapped. What a waste. I wish you the best of luck in restoring Papa Oscar to her former glory; a very worthwhile cause!

By: stephen russell andrews

stephen russell andrews — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:59:30 +0000

fantastic article, special thanks to the first officer for providing this. As an air cadet in the early seventies, somehow, tridents were part of my life. Still think to this day about papa india, how terribly tragic. I’ve researched this tragic accident and wondered if anybody who used to work for British European Airways would be kind enough to provide any new technical info about this accident.

By: Tony Sherwin

Tony Sherwin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:40:53 +0000

I flew on “Papa Lima” and “Papa Whiskey” back in 1976 as an Air Cadet on the Hughie Green Oppotunity Flight Scheme. We flew on the shuttle from LHR to GLA return. What a trip. I wish you guys all the very best for what is a brave and worthwhile project. I look forward to visiting the North East Aircraft Museum and paying my respects to “Papa Oscar”. What an aircraft.

By: Ian Madigan

Ian Madigan — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:11:18 +0000

Fantastic to see these photos. Big thanks to the FO for providing these!

By: Steven Day

Steven Day — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:17:03 +0000

What an amazing stroke of luck that the FO recorded the day in such great detail. Fantastic photos!