Trident and Gladiator at Jet Age Museum

摘要

The Jet Age Museum at Staverton, Gloucestershire, took delivery of the forward section of Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B G-AWZU on November 30. Formerly used as a fire safety traine at Stansted Airport, it had been kept in storage for some time before being acguired by the museum (also see feature in the December 2013 issue). "Its relevance to Gloucestershire is that Cheltenham-based Smiths Industries were at the forefront of 'blind landing' development, and the Trident was the first aircraft to operate 'autoland' commercially," the museum's Darren Lewington told FlyPast. "We have the cockpit instrumentation and, with three rows of seats and the galley, we're sure it will become a popular exhibit."