awkward delivery plan as the planes had to enter China using a local registration which wasn’t allowed elsewhere. Hence the planes were flown to Pakistan with certain markings in a removable paint which was washed off before the onward flight to their final destination. Trident 3B first flew on 11th December 1969 and this stretched 2E was the final version of the aircraft. It was lengthened by 16 feet, increasing capacity to 180 passengers at a slightly lower top speed of 581mph.
The last Trident built was delivered in 1978 and the final day in service in the UK was 31st December 1985. BEA had merged into British Airways on 1st April 1974 so by the end of Trident’s life the advertising slogan 'Trident, built for BEA and for you' no longer held true. In total
the aircraft had flown 1,500,000 hours but was killed off by noise regulations, a notorious weak- ness of Trident. In the end it was cheaper to buy more modern aircraft that only used two pilots than to modify Trident for continued use. At Brooklands we understand the value of
preserving historic aircraft but also the resources required to do so. As an enthusiast, Neil Lomax was determined that a Trident would be preserved. Manchester Airport was keen to have one but Neil had to organise the transportation from Heathrow at a cost of £20,000 (BA and BAA split this 50:50). The restoration of G-AWZK at Manchester Ringway cost a further £60,000 and was completed in April 2007. Neil is now involved in the restoration of another Trident which is to be displayed at Teeside Airport. Gareth Tarr
BOOM VISIT TO THE CONCORDE SIMULATOR
Members of the Boom Supersonic project with Brooklands Museum Trustee and former Concorde pilot Mike Bannister, Jenny Tye, Concorde Operations Manager, Steve Bohill-Smith, former Concorde pilot, and Gordon Roxburgh, Concorde Team Leader.(Jenny Tye).
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n April we had the pleasure of hosting senior members of the Boom Supersonic project. An American-based venture, Boom came to the UK to fly our 1970s-built Concorde Simulator. In a three-hour session with Concorde Pilot Steve Bohill-Smith, they simulated various scenarios that their designers need to overcome. The company will first manufacture a proto- type, XB-1 or ‘Baby Boom’, which is due to fly in the summer of 2018. Funding of $33 million has recently been secured for this development. The aim is for the full-size Boom to carry 55 passengers in an all-business-class configuration and it is expected to fly at Mach 2.2, which means that passengers could fly between London and New York in three hours, 15 minutes. Flight test- ing is due to take place in 2020 with certification
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Concorde cockpit (Jenny Tye).
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