There’s a picture of ZD230 in semi-scrapped state on airliners.net. Pic was taken a month ago, so she may well have been completely scrapped by now.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=1039116&WxsIERv=IP10%20X4&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=HX%20-%20Nve%20Sbepr&QtODMg=Fg.%20Nguna%20%28RTQK%29&ERDLTkt=HX%20-%20Jnyrf&ktODMp=Ncevy%206%2C%202006&BP=1&WNEb25u=Zvpunry%20Fgrjneg%20Oenmvre&xsIERvdWdsY=MQ230&MgTUQtODMgKE=Bar%20bs%20n%20gevb%20bs%20pnaavovyvfrq%20pnepnffrf%20bs%20ENS%20IP10f%2C%20ergverq%20jvguva%20jrrxf%20bs%20rnpu%20bgure%20ng%20gur%20raq%20bs%202005%2C%20frra%20ng%20Rnfg%20Fvgr%2C%20ENS%20Fg%20Nguna%2C%20va%20Ncevy%202006.%20MQ230%20jnf%20gur%20cebgbglcr%20Fhcre%20IP-10%20naq%20svefg%20syrj%20va%201964%20nf%20T-NFTN%20sbe%20OBNP.%20Vgf%20ynfg%20syvtug%20jnf%20sebz%20Snvesbeq%20gb%20Fg%20Nguna%20ba%2016%20Qrp%2005.&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=616&NEb25uZWxs=2006-05-02%2002%3A31%3A22&ODJ9dvCE=X&O89Dcjdg=851&static=yes&width=1024&height=709&sok=JURER%20%20%28cynpr%20%3D%20%27Fg.%20Nguna%20%28RTQK%29%27%29%20%20BEQRE%20OL%20cubgb_vq%20QRFP&photo_nr=1&prev_id=&next_id=1039115&size=L

Hi Jules,
The page on the link below gives some information on the ‘Irving’ fighter. It seems it was a twin-engined heavy fighter, rather than a model of Zero.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/nakairving.htm

I’m sincerely hoping the Trident 1 is not going to chopped up to produce the cockpit section mentioned above. Coford’s G-ARPH is the only complete preserved example of a Trident 1 anywhere!:(

I was in the Galleria today and had a good look at the Comet replica. Although I’ve been working in Hatfield the last couple of months, I’d not previously ventured into the “Gonorrhea”!
Looking out from the upper floor of the place you get a good view of the area that was once the airfield and I have to say I’m stunned by how quickly the various buildings have shot up on the old airfield site. You’d deserve a prize for guessing it was ever an airfield.
Janie,I’d be very interested in hearing about any development plans for the old DH offices, please do pass on any info.

Sadly, the cockpit of G-ARPK was finally deemed too damaged and corroded to be restored and turned into the simulater as planned, so the aircraft was scrapped entirely.
There’s progress being made on the AVP’s Trident Three G-AWZK, but the majority is on the interior so far. Assembly of the wings,tail etc is due to begin in the near future.
For anyone interested in Tridents, the Trident Preservation Society have a website and active discussion forum devoted to the type.

http://www.hs121.org/

As I’ve heard it, the Spit replica was severely damaged in a landing accident a few years ago. The engine failed to respond when the pilot attempted a go-around, the result being a heavy landing in the field beyond which did substantial damage, including tearing off one of the wings.

After some Googling and hunting around the net, the episode of Poirot is called “The Incredible Theft”, filmed in 1989. The basic plot is that the blueprints for a brand new fighter plane called the “Mayfield Kestrel” have been stolen from the designer’s study. MH434 appears in a take-off and display scene masquerading as the “Kestrel” with Ray at the helm, ‘434 being painted in the high-altitude light grey scheme she wore in the late 80’s.

WF410 and the Trident 2E, G-AVFM, were both scrapped in 2004. The Trident’s cockpit section was saved, but the Varsity was scrapped entirely. Looking at the picture of both in the most recent Wrecks & Relics it’s not hard to understand why nothing of the Varsity was saved. 🙁