Hi All,

Just want to imform you all that i have secured the trident G-ARPO Trident 1c and Along with Neil Lomax (who did the t3 at Manchester) will be moving it to North East Aircraft Museum in 2012 after agreeing with its owner and the museum.We will then start the preservation outside and in with the cockpit back to its best . We will then seat half the plane and open the rear up as to tell the history of the trident.

We have a website up and running http://www.savethetrident.org/ and we hope to have more features added soon. This will have a link to britishclassic aviation forum where we have the discussion currently. We will need to open up a donation account to help with the great cost of breaking down and removal and rebuild before we can restore it. This is the last trident 1c in the world and hope many of you will follow and help with this worthy cause so people can enjoy this aircraft for many years to come.... tony

Congratulations! Sounds like a very worthy endeavor.

My one flight in a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C was in September 1971, flying from Heathrow to Schiphol, a distance of 200 nautical miles. I recall ducking my head to enter the forward cabin short oval hatch which had a duct-taped foam pad temporarily affixed to its curved top by a flight attendant to protect boarding passengers from an inadvertent head-strike. (My first clue this was a different aircraft than our Boeing 727, which was a similar tri-jet with three rear engines, and suggested design reference to the lessons learned from their Comet Series 1 crashes). I also recall the netting on the open overhead seat bins-no closed compartments above for carry-on luggage, etc.

The trip took 45 minutes as we orbited about the North Sea, in order to serve/sell drinks and snacks to everyone before arrival. In this regard, not too different from American short jet commutes. I believe the Trident seemed noisier than the 727, (turbojets vs. turbofans) and I was seated well forward in the all-tourist seating. Can't recall the airline-It was not British Airways. possibly B.E.A.?

Good luck on your venture.

thanks doug for your experience on the trident... .Keep following the ebsite to see our progress, ...tony

24 days later

A structural survey was carried out by a ba current ceritfied aircraft engineer on the 23/10/09 and we found that the spars were in realatively good health, The landing gear will require a bit of work but will hold the aircrafts weight again.and allthough the aircraft will need a some work it is all restorable.The aircraft was also measured for the transportation and museums needs . We also held a very productive meeting on sorting out the logistics of transportation and craneage and also our next steps. It was also felt we needed to bring the project forward and with the museums approval we are trying to get it moved next june to the museum

We were also offered from the de havilland museum all their spare trident parts and also we had an aircraft artist who wants to do a painting which he will donate of our aircraft with the rights for us to do prints as well as having the original for the exhibit.... keep you all posted , tony

2 months later

Hi All,

Well today we have great news to announce that the donation account is now up and running on the website http://www.savethetrident.org/ for the movement and restoration of Hawker Siddley Trident 1c G-ARPO. We need to raise £14,000 initially to cover the cost to dismantle and move her to the North East Aircraft Museum in Sunderland from which she will then be restored for public view. All donation monies will be spent wisely with thought out decisions and good planning and corruption free.All donors wil be entered on the roll of honour with the trident at the museum and invited to the opening ceremony when we first open her to the public officially.We are anticipating moving the trident around october this year so we can start work on her but will need to have the finances in place to achieve this first stage. We would appreciate all donations large or small and would like to thankyou for all your support on this great day for our british heritage.

regards tony jarrett and the save the trident team

a month later

Hi all

On the 5/2/10 Matt and i went to Belfast to view the trident 2 there and talk to the Belfast int airport Fire fighters about returning in the spring to remove the parts we require for our Trident. We had an excellent day there and very well looked after .

On Thursday 11th the 6 push along ladders were taken to the North East Aircraft Museum in preperation for the restoration of the trident which will be arriving in october

We would like to express our sincere thanks to both ideal world and Home delieveries network for donating the ladders and transporting them and supporting this project.

We still need to raise a bit to acheive getting the Trident to neam so please donate if you havnt done already and give us your support.All the monies go directly to the plane .

www.savethetrident.org/

2 months later

Thursaday 8th april four of the team met at teeside and we started the restoration work on PO. A very successful day and enjoyable day acheiving more than we set out to do.After clearing the hold out of old suitcases we removed the wall panels and roof panels in the p/x cabin and a couple in the cockpit along with the copilots seat.The DV windows were closed back up and a nose wheel flap removed .The cabin luggage boxes were removed to put it back to what it started service with.

We also had our first meeting with the airport authority which was very succesful discussing the removal of the trident from the airport grounds and lay down an agenda.

Today Stena line have sponsered in full the ferry fares for a luton transit van return trip from Stranraar to Belfast for when we pick the Trident parts up in May. This is a fantastic news to the project and saves us from spending on these costs leaving the more money towards the move and restore.

Thank you Stena line

We are still trying to raise money to continue with the move and restoration so if you would like to help please go to www.savethetrident.org..thankyou

9 days later

Hi All

We have now arranged the Belfast Trip to pick up the parts from their trident 2 at their airport. This will be a four day marathon trip for two of us who are going over in a luton van while three of the team are flying from the Northeast. We received van hire from intact self drive with 2 days for the price of 1 and also have full sponsership from Stena line for the ferry return trip.

We will be starting the trip on the 19th may picking the van in Blackburn and driving to Stranraar in south west Scotland and catching the ferry to Belfast. This is the shortest and most economical route . From Belfast we have a 20 mile drive to the airport before we park up for the night. On the thur 20th May we will strip the Trident 2 there and return to Belfast ferry terminal and catch the ferry back to Stranraar. We will then drive down to Sunderland and unload the parts in readiness for the Trident G-ARPO arrival later this year. We will then return back on the Saturday to Blackburn to drop the van back off.

What we would really like to do is raise 150.00 for the fuel to do this 600 + mile round trip and asking if everybody could help by donating a pound to getting these very needed parts . If you would like to donate you can through our website http://www.savethetrident.org/ .It would help us enormously .

All flights and accomodation the save the trident team are paying out are out of their own pockets .

Thank you regards tony and the team

9 months later

Hi All, Well a little time has past and the project has moved on considerably. See www.savethetrident.org for all archive details...

As for trident i am pleased to say the horizontal stabilizer is now finally off and we meet again early feb to remove the tail fin.

We still need to donations so if you can please help, regards tony jarrett