End of Summer Cleaning
It’s been a year since we last cleaned our Trident’s fuselage exterior, so this weekend, with the help of Warren Access, we gave the aircraft a wash. The position of the fuselage means it is prone to dirt building up particularly on one side of the fuselage, so with the appropriate industrial cleaning liquid, we used the access platform kindly provided by Warren Access we carefully removed it, leaving G-ARPO shining again. Warren Access are a specialist provider of access platforms, with bases in Newcastle and Huntingdon, and have long been supporters of our project since...
Read MoreTrident Red One to London Documentary
A fascinating documentary charting a flight in a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C of BEA has been unearthed on YouTube. Red One to London follows Trident G-ARPH on a flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to London Heathrow, following the crew and flight as it progresses from gate to gate. At all points in the flight you will hear air traffic control talking to the aircraft, and members of staff at both airports describe the flight and how the aircraft uses the Instrument Landing System to perform an autoland. There’s some great footage of the take-off and landing, and an interview with the late...
Read MoreAugust Project Update
Summer is progressing fast and we’ve been busy welcoming plenty of visitors on board Trident G-ARPO to learn about the history of this aircraft and our project. One of the interesting things about our aircraft is that it is one of the few airliners that the general public can get on board in the north of England, and for lots of young visitors to the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum it is the first time they’ve ever been on an aircraft. So we love showing them around and letting them see the cockpit. Visiting G-ARPO Remember that you can come and visit us on the 2nd and...
Read MoreAluminium and Corrosion Consultancy from Innoval Technology
Innoval Technology have kindly been working with Save the Trident to provide us with consultancy on dealing with corrosion on our aircraft. After looking at the current state of various parts of the aircraft where corrosion exists, they have given us advice which will help us to tackle this and protect the aircraft in the future. This involves advising us on which products to use to stabilise any corrosion. Corrosion is a fact of life for an aircraft of the age of our Trident, which has been out of service for three decades. However, having the advice from Innoval on how to deal with...
Read MoreWing Welding Work Commences
We’ve had a fantastic couple of days working on G-ARPO. We welcomed K D Flavell Welding on site who spent yesterday repairing and securing parts of the port wing stub on the fuselage, and one of the wing tips using aluminium kindly supplied by Metal Supermarkets in Gateshead. As well as welcoming visitors to the museum on board the aircraft on Saturday, we managed to paint primer onto the wing stubs and repaired area on the main wing to protect them. As well as K D Flavell we had very kind support from Lord Hire Centres who provided a generator to enable us to do the work. We...
Read MoreMetal Supermarkets Gateshead aluminium sponsorship
Metal Supermarkets’ Gateshead store has kindly agreed to supply our team with some metal for our upcoming repair works. The aluminium sheeting has been cut to size ready for us to use when repairing the wings of our Trident aircraft. They also kindly delivered the metal to the museum for us. Metal Supermarkets Gateshead is conveniently located on the Team Valley Trading Estate, just off the A1 at the Coal House, down from the Angel of the North. The store has ample onsite park parking for the convenience of our customers. They offer local and NATIONAL delivery service of their product....
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