This hotel, with 14 ensuite rooms and all the comforts you could ask for, is located very close to Belfast International Airport, so it’s ideal for our trip. Why not try them out when flying from the airport, or visiting this part of Northern Ireland. They’d love to welcome you and give you some tips on what to see in the area.

Gil-Good Lodge’s website is at http://www.gilgoodlodge.com

The fire service has kindly allowed us to use this Trident as a parts source for our restoration of G-ARPO, and have invited us to visit in early 2010 to see what is available and what we’d like. We would then come back at a later date to strip the parts and take them to Sunderland ready to be put into our Trident.

G-AVFE is largely complete both internally and externally, although we are led to believe little remains of the cockpit instrumentation. We will, however, be able to take the rudder, seating, control columns, rear service doors, internal panels and anything else that would help.

We are very grateful for this offer from Belfast International Fire Service and look forward to a better final result in G-ARPO because of it.