Project News

The weather was great this week, so we took the opportunity and started a bit more outside work. The inboard flaps of Trident G-ARPO were removed prior to the aircraft being dismantled, and have been stored at the museum since we moved there. We spent yesterday sanding down one of them and painting the underside in the familiar bright yellow of the Northeast Airlines liv...

After our recent painting work inside the cabin of our Trident, last weekend we were also able to paint the opposite side of the rear cabin. This includes the luggage racks and parts of the ceiling. This has given the interior a fresh look, keeping it in good condition ready for the day we're able to welcome visitors onboard again!

We lovely weather for ducks on this late June day, we were forced to retreat inside our Trident to do some work. We have started refreshing the paintwork inside the cabin, beginning with the starboard side of the rear cabin. We re-painted the white baggage racks and panels, and the result was great. On our next meeting we will work on the other side, ...

Thanks to the incredible generosity of you all recently, we have been able to make a start with some important work on Trident G-ARPO. As we explained in our fundraising drive, we are not yet in a position to be able to reattach the wings and tail on the aircraft due to circumstances out of our control, we are able to make a start on preparing them and protecting them. ...

** UPDATE 2 May 2021 You have done it! Thank you so much for your generosity. We have been able to reach our £1,000 fundraising target in only a week! We are very grateful for all of you that supported us with donations via Paypal and direct to our account. We now have the funds in place to make a start THIS MONTH on these works, and we'll be posting updates abou...

We were conscious of the dirt building up on G-ARPO, so took the opportuniy this weekend to give her a wash (one side, at least; we'll hopefully do the other soon). It was great to see her shining in the sun again once we'd finished.

Following on from our work last weekend painting the horizontal stabiliser (read the article here), we took advantage of the good weather this weekend to paint the vertical tail fin in bright, Northeast yellow. Obviously we could only do half (or a little over half) of the fin as we would need a crane to flip it over. But by doing this we take a little step closer to com...

This past weekend we managed to get a big milestone completed in the restoration of G-ARPO. The horizontal stabiliser, which was removed before we transported the Trident to Sunderland, was painted in the bright yellow colours of Northeast Airlines. While we are not yet in a position to reattach the tail and wings to the fuselage, this process helps to protect the stabil...

Over the past month we've been working on the wing stubs that are still attached to Trident G-ARPO. We spent a lot of time (and elbow grease) polishing the port side leading edges, which now shine like new! We have also sanded the top of the wing and painted it an authentic grey colour in keeping with Northeast Airlines. Next step is to work on the starboa...

While the world has been on lockdown we've been doing what we can to look after our Trident. Naturally we're really sad that we haven't been able to open G-ARPO up to visitors so far this year, but we will be back as soon as it's safe. In the meantime, we've been carrying out a schedule of works and maintenance. Last weekend we worked on painting the nosewheels and su...