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HS Trident

Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 5:35 pm
by waghorn41
I'll kick this off with a couple. BA Trident coming in to land at LHR in 1978 and CAAC Trident at Kai Tak in 1976.
ImageTrident 02 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
ImageCAAC Trident 03A by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

Re: HS Trident

Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 6:23 pm
by andygolfer
a few from me for now, one very old one with a line up of British Airways Tridents plus a Northeast one
Image1976 airliners LHR T1 Tridents a by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

one very recent one from Duxford, G-AVFB in the original BEA scheme:
ImageG-AVFB Trident 2 DAS Duxford 27-03-2025 5179 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

two from a British Airways open day on 17th September 1988:
Trident 3 G-AWZK then preserved at Heathrow and maintained by the ttechnicians performed puled taxi rides along the base taxiways to raise money for their charity, it wa s names Spirit of Fleet Maintenance.
ImageG-AWZK Trident 3 British Airways 'Spirit of fleet Maintenance' 2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and Trident 2 G-AVFG which was preserved there for a while after being painted in the Landor scheme
ImageG-AVFG Trident 2 British Airways , Heathrow 1988 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I'll look for more when I have time
Andy

Re: HS Trident

Posted: Fri May 16, 2025 8:05 pm
by Professor_M
G-AVFB at Duxford as part of the British Airliner Collection...
ImageHawker Siddeley Trident | G-AVFB | British Airliner Collection by Professor M, on Flickr

[Edit: Somehow didn't see Andy had already posted a photo of it above - well, at least it shows the jet hasn't changed much in the last two-and-a-half years.]

Re: HS Trident

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 5:37 am
by andygolfer
two more from me,
firstly Trident3 G-AWZU at Stansted in 1998 when it was still being used as a tug trainer

ImageStansted 1998 ex. British Airways Trident 3 G-AWZU (tug trainer) by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and second Trident 1 G-ARPH preserved at Cosford in 1990

ImageG-ARPH H.S. Trident BritishAirways RAF Cosford June 1990 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Andy

Re: HS Trident

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 6:07 am
by andygolfer
and another oldie, terminal one from the Queens building in 1972with a line up of Tridents and another taxiing in

ImageLHR 1972 vieweast from Queens building BEA Tridents by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Andy