Classsic Trident pics in colour.

Steve Rowell wrote..

Quote from an ex Trident skippper freind of mine…
The Trident 1 had a M.88 cruise with a Vmo of 385 We used to demonstrate them during Base Flying to M.93 as required by the 1179 form. I have seen them at M.97 with no mach buffet until some G pulled and then only very slight. I remember a time when we were hasseled by a pair of Spanish F86s after departing from Gibralter and managed to pull away from them at m.9+

An ex-Trident 1 Capt friend of mine, told me that on a test flight over the North Sea, his a/c just exceeded M1 in a shallow powered dive. The Capt who was with him on that flight (and who was egging him on), had evidently done this before on test flights.

Out of interest was this the fastest subsonic airliner? I always thought it was the Convair 990?

That is the Coronado.

I think the Tu144 and Concorde may have been just a little faster.

They don’t count.

Great shots, great memories 🙂

This article is pretty dated (2008) but in the middle of the text it mentions a Trdient up for sale in China, anyone know what happened to the said aircraft?
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jaunted.com/files/7156/mao_plane.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jaunted.com/tag/Travel%2520Memorabilia&usg=__fF3qI8A-_jfBtzBVsB2MDrUzjnc=&h=257&w=385&sz=72&hl=en&start=232&itbs=1&tbnid=m6vKqbNgyO8rjM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=123&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dairline%2Bmemorbilla%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D220

Thanks for this Trident man, I was more wondering if there was a memorial or something in Yugoslavia at the impact site.

All i have found on BE476 memorial

Thanks for the confirmation on the speeds of both airliners. I have happy childhood memories like most of flying the domestic and european skies in the 1970’s as an unaccompanied minor on Tridents 2 & 3’s. Sadly on one occasion I was at Istanbul airport awaiting for flight BEA476 to take me back from holiday to LAP, but she never arrived having crashed near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, obviously this tradgedy is well documented but just wondered if there was ever a memorial erected at the site of impact?

Been busy scanning Trident images….more to follow.:D

Steve Rowell wrote..

I wonder if you could replicate the same flight path, weather conditions and circumstances as that of BEA’s Bealine548 that came down in Staines shortly after take off in ’72

Steve the incident was indeed re tried so to speak…it was carried out on my freind’s T3 sim G-AWZQ for Channel 4’s Black box programme..

G-ARPI on short finals LHR 1971

FLY.BY
Yes the Convair 990 612mph…then the Trident 1C 610mph…The fastest subsonic airliners!

Quote from an ex Trident skippper freind of mine…

The Trident 1 had a M.88 cruise with a Vmo of 385 We used to demonstrate them during Base Flying to M.93 as required by the 1179 form. I have seen them at M.97 with no mach buffet until some G pulled and then only very slight. I remember a time when we were hasseled by a pair of Spanish F86s after departing from Gibralter and managed to pull away from them at m.9+

Out of interest was this the fastest subsonic airliner? I always thought it was the Convair 990?

I think the Tu144 and Concorde may have been just a little faster.

A common enough mistake I have to say, I always correct myself by saying the fastest subsonic airliner. What a lovely aircraft though.

Not sure how you’d replicate an irate captain with a heart condition though Steve…?

Captain Key had a heart problem that showed up in the autopsy but it was never conclusively proven to be the root cause of the accident…why the droops were retracted to early has never been solved as far as i know

I wonder if you could replicate the same flight path, weather conditions and circumstances as that of BEA’s Bealine548 that came down in Staines shortly after take off in ’72

Not sure how you’d replicate an irate captain with a heart condition though Steve…?

I wonder if you could replicate the same flight path, weather conditions and circumstances as that of BEA’s Bealine548 that came down in Staines shortly after take off in ’72

Thanks for posting FLY.BUY….i know the guy that built it and subsequently sold it.It is not a motion sim and is not the only Trident sim either another chap i know has Trident 3B G-AWZQ motion sim im not sure if he has got it up and running again yet as it went tech a while back but i have to ring him to find out.

I stumbled across this site, may interest any Trident enthusiast who wish to gain any Trident flight experience.

http://www.northyorkshiretridentsimulators.com/index.php

Did their famous Alexander Calder designed DC-8 livery ever put in an appearance over here though ?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-8-62/0042301/L/

‘Over here? Europe?!’ Here it is at Paris, but you will be disappointed with the photo! It also visited Helsinki, Frankfurt, Dublin, Milan, Zurich, Shannon, Helsinki, BUT not with that colour scheme.:)

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Braniff-International-Airways/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-8-62/1314561/L/&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=3&sok=keyword_%28%5C%27%2B%5C%22N1805%5C%22%5C%27_IN_BOOLEAN_MODE%29%29_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=1351311&next_id=1173928

….and we flew back a week later on a Spantax CV Coronado. Now that was an aeroplane! Fastest Pax liner ever built, and probably the smokeyest…..

I think the Tu144 and Concorde may have been just a little faster.

Court Line’s livery was good on the 1-11’s and the Tristar, but Branniff was a step higher on the wild colour schemes IMO. They operated out of LGW in the 70’s.

Ah yes, the ‘Big Orange’ 747’s used to operate out of Gatwick didn’t they ? Did their famous Alexander Calder designed DC-8 livery ever put in an appearance over here though ?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-8-62/0042301/L/