August 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....
Read MoreSave The Trident Summer Fundraising
To facilitate some urgent works and the supplies needed to see them through, Save The Trident is opening a fundraising pledge for Summer 2017. Our target is to raise £300 this summer. The money will be used on supplies and contractors being used in the restoration of our aircraft’s wings, amongst other things. The exact nature of the works and progress will be announced on this site at the time if we’re able to go ahead with it. How to Help: Donate by Paypal at this link: http://www.savethetrident.co.uk/donate/ Or Send a cheque payable to Save The Trident to 73 Black...
Read More2017 Trident Opening Dates Announced
We’re excited to be heading towards the 2017 season when we’ll be opening up our Trident, G-ARPO, regularly for visitors to the museum to enjoy. Because we have a limited number of volunteers, we are not able to open as often as we would like. Please do get in touch if you think you could help out on occasional days with showing people around our aircraft! We will commence opening in April, ending in October. If you are coming to the museum on a particular day and would like to visit the Trident, please get in touch and we may be able to open it for you! 2017 Dates 8th...
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