Niftylift, the UK’s specialists in access platforms and work platforms show their support for the Save The Trident project with a contribution to help towards project costs. We will in no doubt be in need of some boom lifts and cherry pickers at a later date so we look forward to calling upon their skills [...]
Today was another significant milestone in the project to save Trident G-ARPO. After arriving at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum (formerly North East Aircraft Museum) in the summer of 2011, the aircraft has sat in the car park whilst we awaited a space to put the aircraft on display. This was fine, [...]
Our very own Neil Lomax is presenting a talk about the Hawker Siddeley Trident at the Royal Aeronautical Society in Southend on 14th May. He’ll be looking at the history of the type, along with the work he did on restoring Trident 3B G-AWZK at Manchester, and the work-to-date on our very own Trident 1C [...]
Today we’ve arranged with Wickes to provide supplies to recreate the Pullman-style tables in our aircraft cabin, which were authentic to the aircraft when it was in service. Wickes have agreed to give a very generous sponsorship of the supplies, so we thank them very much. Keep an eye out for progress pictures of the tables as [...]
We thought we’d show you some pictures of recent work inside G-ARPO. We’ve been adding power to the aircraft to allow us to install lighting in various places. So far we’ve managed to add lights to the toilets, certain signs, and even the forward galley. Discrete power sockets have also been installed which will help [...]
Cylinder Service Centre Ltd is a local company in the North East and they have agreed to take a look at the jacks we’re using with the aircraft at the museum as they are not functioning properly. They will repair them for us if possible. Cylinder Service Centre Ltd is a specialist hydraulic cylinder manufacturer and [...]
We’re really pleased to announce that we’ve reached the £1,000 mark on our 2013 fundraising drive! Thank you all so much for your donations, which have really been coming in thick and fast lately. We’re so happy that you support this project and want to see our Trident restored. Our aim was to raise £3,000 [...]
We recently spoke to another former pilot of our Trident 1C, John Preston, who recounted the story of the only emergency in his flying career which actually took place on G-ARPO. As part of the crew preparing to fly the aircraft back to London from Rome on 1st October, 1970, upon commencing their take-off run the number [...]
We had some more great news today through a message from David Stoneman, MD of Airglide. He has offered to sponsor a protective coating of their nano-technology Aviation Shield product on our Trident aircraft. This protective coating will be applied to the painted fuselage to give it a tough, durable, long-lasting solution against the weather, [...]
The Save The Trident project is currently seeking volunteers to help progress the bid to restore G-ARPO. We are seeking people who have aircraft engineering or fabrication experience who can work on the Trident as we move towards the relocation of the aircraft on the museum site, and eventually rebuilding it. Volunteers would preferably be [...]
