Last Trident 1C scrapped in UK...

[Tom_Turner]

From a post on the DH Comet list....
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The last remaining Trident 1C, G-ARPH, was scrapped at Cosford
yesterday, Friday 29 April. The nose was cut at floor level and behind
the flight deck for removal to the East Fortune Museum of Flight, and
the rest is to be taken away for scrap. Papa Hotel was the last
surviving Trident 1C in the world.

Shame on British Airways who withdrew the anyway modest support they
gave to the IWM in maintaining their civil airframes!

Shame on the Imperial War Museum for the dastardly manner in which
they concealed their evil plans from the public! As recently as
December, careful leaks from the IWM urged Trident fans to keep quiet,
assuring them that all manner of "options" were "under examination."
Though by February it was clear that the Trident may be scrapped,
yesterday's action was dirty and stealthy (at night, without any
announcement).

Britain treated both the Trident and the VC10 (Cosford's VC10 is also
being scrapped, with a piece or two going to Brooklands) as a harsh
step-mother, and Papa Hotel's end is an ironically fitting closure to
the saga of mendacity and traduction which Britain's civil aircraft
industry became in its twilight decades.

[Derf]

That is just wrong...If it hit the paper, before the torch...someone would have purchased it fur sure. I am sure there are now a bunch of Trident fans that will no longer be quiet! Shame

[FlyingColors]

Who cares?!

Its just a stupid appliance, like an old toaster going to the scrap heap.

Good riddance to old rubbish!

(I will have a moment of silence for such wasteful loss of a wonderful historic aircraft)

[Derf]

Who cares?!

Its just a stupid appliance, like an old toaster going to the scrap heap.

Good riddance to old rubbish!

(I will have a moment of silence for such wasteful loss of a wonderful
historic aircraft)

WOW, that was harsh! :lol: I am glad that on this side of the pond, we
respect things like the 1st 707, 1st 747 and other greats of aviation. On a
side note, the oldest remaing F-14 is located in the cradle of aviation. It
is the #3 Tomcat.

While the 1st prototype suffered hydraulic failure on its second flight and
crashed into the woods on final for Calverton 12-30-1970 and the 2nd
prototype was written off 05-13-1974 when the aircraft suffered an in
flight hydrazine APU fire. It landed safely but was listed as a write off due
to extensive damage.

The 3rd prototype.......BuNo-157982 was used for non-destructive
structural testing.



Here is a picture of the aircraft in flight