Since being restored in 1994 Trident 3B G-AWZK has been located at Heathrow Airport, but now the Trident Preservation Society is being forced to move the plane. A location in Manchester has been arranged but fund raising is necessary to pay for the move. To help out and for more information, click on Read More.
In 1994, three Trident enthusiasts, known as the Trident Preservation Society restored a Trident 3B G-AWZK airliner (located at Heathrow Airport) to 99% operational condition. In five months, a tired, vandalised, and semi-derelict airliner had its dignity restored and she is now a beautifully preserved example of Britain's once great aviation industry.
Sadly, however, all of this hard work is now at risk.
The Trident Preservation Society has been informed that she must be removed from her current location at Heathrow before the end of March, otherwise she will be scrapped.
She has been offered a place at Manchester Airport, along side that other great aviation masterpiece, Concorde. Unfortunately, the costs of such a move are quite considerable and so we have launched an urgent appeal for pledges in the hope that the Trident can make the move to Manchester and a dignified retirement. It is estimated that it will cost £68,000 to dismantle, transport and reconstruct the aircraft. We are hoping that British Airways will cover a large percentage of this cost but we still need to raise approximately £20,000 ourselves. It is our aim to achieve this through a combination of voluntary donations from the public and from corporate sponsorship - we managed to raise nearly £3,000 in the first five days of the appeal just through exposure on Internet aviation forums.
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