how long ago, i did not see them

cockpit

we had some imformation received today that most of the instrumentation of the cockpit and engineers area has now been kindly donated to the trident. This is fantastic news as this area of the plane obviously is a major crowd pleaser and a big hurdle we have crossed…………Since the donation account started a week and a half ago we have had a good start to our target . Please keep up this good work as it is down to all you ethusiasts to make this happen. we cant do it without this funding . We would very much like to thank everyone who has donated already,…..cheers tony

There was today a quite lenthy read with photo on Trident G-ARPO and what we are doing in the Northern Echo

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4879660.Move_to_save____last_of_its_kind____plane/

Hopefully more people will want to save the aircraft with a donation and they can say they were part of that. I am sure there will be a sense of satisfaction when its done, its getting there

belfast

A great day at Belfast

Matt and myself went to Belfast International Airport Friday to meet the fire department and to view the Trident 2 aircraft. We had a fantastic time and would like to thank Mark ,Wayne and Robert and everybody who at the airport station who made it such a memorable day.
The Trident 2 there has many items on board and outside which will really help with the restoration of our Trident. As Neil says , Neil drew up a parts list to take with us to give in of which was done and we found many of the items still on there Trident.
We are hoping to return back in april to remove these parts and bring them back to Sunderland awaiting the tridents arrival.
Anyone who can help with transportation from belfast to sunderland we would very much appreciate it,

Just for the record . No money that has been donated was used for this trip as matt and myself paid for ourselves . So if you would like to donate you can feel confident that your money goes straight to the restoration of the trident .
regards to all
tony

I would like to see a preservation order placed on 1 of each aircraft that remain or 1 is earmarked
in service so we can stop our heritage disappearing before people realise that they have just cut up the last one… I don’t want to see it on the internet or in a book ,I want to see the real thing

Hi all
We have now successfully removed and brought back to the museum the Spey engine nacelles ,intakes and jet pipes that were on BAC1-11 ZE432 at Boscombe Down military airbase. This now gives us everything we need to complete the no1 and no3 engine nacelles.
I just want to say it was a fantastic team effort with 5 of us going down to remove them and with our remaining team members helping the unload at the museum the following day. Would like to thank Holiday inn for giving 2 of our team who drove down with the van and scaffolding theday previous a free night sleep and breckie and also HSS for letting us have the 2 x 3m towers with 70% off. And of course we would very much thank all the guys at QinetiQ who gave us the nacelles and helped us hugely on the day from sourcing 2 of the parts around the military base which wernt on the aircraft.
Such a successful day with no problems at all… and what a boost for G-ARPO
Cheers Tony

Thanks Darwin, appreciate the link