By: wysiwyg - 13th October 2002 at 20:40
RE: History of the comet at Gatwick…
It’s a big hangar immediately west of the furthest west stands. The hanger is currently in between the Trident and the viewing area but you can probably see it from the southern perimeter road.
By: A330Crazy - 13th October 2002 at 15:03
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Hiya wysiwyg, where in relation to the south terminal is the FLS hanger?
By: wysiwyg - 13th October 2002 at 13:48
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 13-10-02 AT 01:49 PM (GMT)]It was still by the FLS hangar when I taxied past 2 days ago.
By: A330Crazy - 13th October 2002 at 12:53
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 13-10-02 AT 12:53 PM (GMT)]This is the latest picture of the trident taken in Jan of this year… rotting away.
Notice the Shackleton Tails poking above the trees in the background, part of the Gatwick Aviation Museum.
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By: A330Crazy - 10th October 2002 at 19:39
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Anymore info wysiwyg about it, I would be most grateful.
By: wysiwyg - 10th October 2002 at 18:03
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I seem to vaguely remember hearing something about it being loosely reassembled somewhere else to be used as a film set.
By: A330Crazy - 10th October 2002 at 15:29
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Yep Dave you got the reg no. right, but it was dismantled in 2000, it was used by the Heathrow fire brigade.
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By: A330Crazy - 10th October 2002 at 14:51
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Is that the sewage farm end Dave? Coz if it is, it probably aint there, as Terminal 5 building is underway.
By: dcfly - 9th October 2002 at 22:17
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possibly G-AVFG, that’s asssuming it’s still there. I havent ventured to that part of LHR for 2 or 3 years.
sober at last
Dave
By: A330Crazy - 9th October 2002 at 21:48
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Do you know the reg no. Dave???
By: dcfly - 9th October 2002 at 21:30
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That’s the one parked up by the perimeter road opposite the BA hangar, there’s also another one on the other side of the airport just the other side of the fuel dump.
sober at last
Dave
By: A330Crazy - 9th October 2002 at 21:09
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Theres a Trident parked up at Heathrow. (G-AWZK) In the old BEA c/s.
By: wysiwyg - 9th October 2002 at 20:40
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T5 – I was taking the pi55 out of the old Death Cruiser 10. They had a dreadful dispatch rate at the end of their days (hence why they were replaced with A330’s). Whenever we saw one moving under it’s own power it was considered a great sense of achievement!
By: dcfly - 9th October 2002 at 14:35
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A330crazy,
Thats ok mate,
mines an empty glass(run out of scotch)
Dave
By: EGNM - 9th October 2002 at 14:32
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yep and MAnchy and Tees have 1 each on the fire dump outta those
By: dcfly - 9th October 2002 at 14:07
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There’s approximately 27 Tridents still scattered around the UK, most of them are used for fire training, some have been restored and are on show at places like Duxford and Manchester Air Museum.
mines a large scotch
Dave
By: T5 - 9th October 2002 at 12:44
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Sorry Wysiwyg,
I made a mistake. The photos which I am trying to locate were taken from a Britannia 767-300 last August (2001) althought I did fly both the JMC DC-10s back in 2000 – G-GOKT and G-LYON. Didn’t enjoy it one bit to be honest…
…how do you mean you thought they had gone tech??
By: Ren Frew - 9th October 2002 at 12:36
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Thanks for the info guys and great pictures too. How about this teaser… There was an old Vickers Viking parked at Glasgow Airport in the 80’s which was used by the fire training crews until it was moved to a museum in Dumfries I think?
Anyone know what became of her ? And also at Glasgow, an old Trident now in BAA colours. How many discarded Tridents do we think are lying around in the UK at the moment and wouldn’t it be nice to see some restorations going on?
By: A330Crazy - 9th October 2002 at 12:08
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Sorry Dave, didn’t see your earlier post… forgive me. 🙂
By: wysiwyg - 9th October 2002 at 09:28
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T5 – You mean the DC10’s actually moved!!! We all thought that they were permanently tech! 😉
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