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 [...]
HSS Tool Hire have agreed to sponsor us again by putting Neil Lomax, a member of the Save The Trident team, through an abbrasive wheel course in April. Neil will be cutting the Trident prior to the transporting of the aircraft and it is the stipulation today with Health and Safety rules that this course [...]
Neil Lomax’s talk at the Royal Aeronautical Society covered the Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident aircraft, his work on preserving G-AWZK at Manchester, and introduced the campaign to save G-ARPO. The talk was enjoyed by all, and to top it off the organisation donated money from a raffle held at the event to our project, which [...]
Skipbridge Signs, based in Darlington, have offered us support in our project in two very useful areas. First of all, they have offered the use of a Cherry Picker whenever we need it. This will be useful when dismantling our Trident at its current site, which will require a lot of cutting and will result [...]
We’ve had a very kind offer of help from Fosters Forestry & Gardens, based near Darlington. They offer an excellent range of tree services both domestically and commercially, and have a lot of experience. Have a look at their website here: http://www.ffguk.com/ Fosters have kindly offered use of a Transit van when it comes to [...]
The Save The Trident project will feature on the breakfast show of BBC 5live radio station on the morning of Sunday 7 March. Tune in to hear exclusive interviews with our own Matt Falcus, and Chris Brown of the International Fire Training Centre. Neil Lomax may also feature on the show. The interview will take [...]
On Thursday, Tony travelled up to the North East Aircraft Museum along with six push-along ladders which have been kindly donated by Ideal World shopping channel. These were transported by Home Delivery Network (HDNL). We thank both companies very much for this work they have undertaken, which involved a long journey by road. The picture [...]
