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G-ARPO ’
Jun 18th, 2010 |
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Category: About G-ARPO, Featured articles
In case you didn’t know, our Trident – G-ARPO – was the last Trident 1C ever to fly. Makes her a fitting one to restore don’t you think? She had been laid up at London Heathrow in the BA maintenance area for a while, with her stablemates all being scrapped or sent to fire grounds [...]
Tags: final flight, G-ARPO, last flight, teesside airport, trident 1c Posted in About G-ARPO, Featured articles |
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Jun 7th, 2010 |
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Category: Featured articles, Project News
On Saturday 5th June the team met up at Durham Tees Valley to spend a day working on G-ARPO. The intention was to clean the fuselage from nose to tail and also spend time cleaning the cabin and removing more parts from the cockpit to take away and restore. We arrived at 8.30am, and thanks [...]
Tags: cleaning trident, G-ARPO, save the trident, trident restoration Posted in Featured articles, Project News |
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Apr 6th, 2010 |
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Category: Featured articles, Project News
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 [...]
Tags: durham tees valley airport, G-ARPO, last trident, news, progress, save the trident, updates Posted in Featured articles, Project News |
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Mar 5th, 2010 |
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Category: Featured articles, Project News
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 [...]
Tags: 5live, bbc, feature, five live, G-ARPO, radio, save the trident, story, Trident Posted in Featured articles, Project News |
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Feb 20th, 2010 |
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Category: Featured articles, Other News
On Thursday 11 March, Neil Lomax (team member, and Trident expert) will be doing a talk at the Royal Aeronautical Society at the Community Learning Centre, BA Waterside. The talk will be on the Trident – From Then to Now, and will go into details about his work on G-AWZK at Manchester, and his hopes [...]
Tags: events, G-ARPO, neil lomax, royal aeronautical society, talk, trident now and then Posted in Featured articles, Other News |
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Jan 25th, 2010 |
By admin |
Category: Project News
Peter Foster is a new member of our team. He’s got a wealth of aviation experience, and has even saved a Lightning aircraft, restoring it fully. Peter was formerly a Senior Duty Officer at Durham Tees Valley (then Teesside) airport, and had the honour of being the last person to marshall G-ARPO when she arrived [...]
Tags: durham tees valley, G-ARPO, peter foster, teesside airport Posted in Project News |
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Jan 6th, 2010 |
By admin |
Category: About G-ARPO, Featured articles, Project News
We are now in a position to receive any donations towards the project to save Trident 1C G-ARPO. We recognise the harsh financial climate, and so gratefully receive any money you can spare to help us save this magnificent aircraft and preserve it for future generations to enjoy. We have set up a page to [...]
Tags: donate, donations, G-ARPO, preservation, save trident Posted in About G-ARPO, Featured articles, Project News |
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Dec 4th, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: Project News
We have had some great news today from the Belfast International Fire Service. In a corner of Belfast International Airport is the complete Trident 2E G-AVFE, which has been used by the service for non-destructive training. The fire service has kindly allowed us to use this Trident as a parts source for our restoration of [...]
Tags: 2e, belfast, fire, G-ARPO, g-avfe, international, parts, service, Trident Posted in Project News |
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Nov 19th, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: Other News
Michel Schou is a fantastic aviation artist who creates wonderful paintings of classic aircraft and airlines from days gone by, as well as some modern ones. He has been very kind to our project and is creating a set of paintings of Trident G-ARPO in scenes from its past. These paintings will be used to [...]
Tags: aviation, bea, G-ARPO, michel schou, painting, paintings, photos, prints, red square Posted in Other News |
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Nov 6th, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: Other News
If any of you are members of Facebook, we’ve set up a new group on there for the Save The Trident project to save G-ARPO. Please join the group, which has discussions, photos, news, links etc. We’d love you to share your stories, memories, or hopes for the project. The group can be found on [...]
Tags: facebook, G-ARPO, group, save the, Trident Posted in Other News |
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