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Trident ’
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 [...]
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Nov 3rd, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: Project News
Some great news for the G-ARPO project came recently when the De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre (Mosquito Museum) at London Colney agreed to donate all of their spare Trident parts to us which will come in very useful for restoration. If you haven’t been, the De Havilland museum has finished an excellent preservation of the [...]
Tags: 1C, 2e, colney, de havilland, g-avfh, g-avye, london, museum, parts, spare, Trident Posted in Project News |
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Oct 25th, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: Project News
On Friday 23 October, members of the Save The Trident team met up at Durham Tees Valley to inspect the aircraft inside and out. The purpose of this is to ensure the aircraft is suitable to be moved to its new home, and that no part of it will prove unsafe, or beyond hope of [...]
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Oct 13th, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: Other News, Project News
The current issue of Aeroplane Magazine has a 22-page feature on the HS Trident, covering development, design, certification, operational life, accidents, exported examples and airline customers, and the demise of this fantastic British airliner. The feature is full of colour and b&w photographs and illustrations. Makes a great collectible piece on the Trident. As a [...]
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Sep 26th, 2009 |
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Category: Project News
Preserving Trident 1C G-ARPO is only going to be worthwhile if it is to have a good home. As things stand, we have a fantastic offer from the North East Aircraft Museum at Sunderland to provide a home for the aircraft in conjunction with expansion plans at the museum. The North East Aircraft Museum is [...]
Tags: aircraft, G-ARPO, museum, north east, sunderland, Trident Posted in Project News |
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Sep 24th, 2009 |
By admin |
Category: About G-ARPO, About the Site, Project News
Welcome to the website for Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C, G-ARPO, and our bid to save and preserve this historic aircraft. Currently based at Durham Tees Valley Airport as part of Serco’s International Fire Training Centre, we plan to move this aircraft to a museum site in September/October 2010 and restore her as a Trident [...]
Tags: 1C, airport, durham tees valley, G-ARPO, preservation, preserved, stored, teesside, Trident, tridents Posted in About G-ARPO, About the Site, Project News |
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