Hawker Siddeley Trident G-ARPP

History & Specifications

The Hawker Siddeley Trident was the first project development airliner to use an auto land system.

Developed in the 1960s, it was the mainstay of the British European Airways fleet and then British Airways into the 1980s.

G-ARPP was built at Hatfield and first flew on the 25th February 1965, and was then delivered to BEA.

She took part in the first production auto land trials. In 1974 it was transferred to British Airways after the merger of BEA and BOAC, and was used as the London-Glasgow shuttle until retirement in 1983.

After being used by Glasgow Airport fire service for training she was scrapped, leaving only the cockpit section intact which was purchased by the museum in 2009.

G-ARPP had flown 25,255 flight hours and had made 24,946 landings.

It was one of 117 Tridents built.