Aircraft Data for: Hawker Siddeley Trident - | Updated: Feb. 17th 2009 |
| Summary: | The Hawker Siddeley Trident was a British built three-engined airliner which was designed to a British European Airways (BEA) specification. The original Trident 1 delivered to BEA improved 1C and 1E versions were then developed. The Trident Two was a longer range and stretched fuselage version. The Trident 3B another stretched version which also had a RB162 booster engine in the tail | | |
Country of origin: United Kingdom
First flight: 1962
No. built: 117
Crew: 3
Passengers: 96
- 180
| | | | Power: | 3 x Rolls Royce Spey (11000 - 14500 lbf) turbofan engines |
| | The Rolls Royce RB162-86 boost engine, unique to the Trident 3B, is mounted in a pod in the tail above the central engine. |
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| Dimensions: |
| Length: | | 131 ft. 2 in.
(Trident 3B)
| | Wing Span: | | 98 ft. 0 in.
(Trident 3B)
| | Height: | | 28 ft. 2 in.
(Trident 3B)
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| Max. Weight: | | 155,000 lbs.
(Trident 3B)
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| | | Performance: |
| Max. speed: | | 582
mph (Trident 3B)
| | Cruise speed: | | 550
mph (Trident 3B)
| | Ceiling: | | 36,000 ft.
(Trident 3B)
| | Normal range: | | 1,600
nm (Trident 3B)
| | Max. range: | | 1,800
nm (Trident 3B)
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Operator Data for: British European Airways ( Callsign: Beeline) | Updated: Dec. 3rd 2008 |
| Summary: | BEA acquired the aircraft fleets and routes of most UK private airlines after the second world war and provided most of the United Kingdom's scheduled services within the UK and to Europe. BEA merged with BOAC in 1974 to become British Airways | | |
Based in: United Kingdom
Headquarters: London
| | | | Statistics: |
Year Founded: 1946
Operations Ceased: 1974
| | | | Major Hubs: |
London Heathrow
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Location Data for: Manchester Airport (MAN / EGCC) | Updated: Jan. 23rd 2009 |
| Summary: | Manchester is the largest airport in the United Kingdom outside of London and offers scheduled flights to numerous destinations across Europe, North America, Caribbean, Middle East and the Far East. | | |
Class: Civil
Operator: Manchester Airports Group
Opened: 1938
| | | | Statistics: |
Commercial movements: 22,703 (2007)
Passengers: 21.06 million (2008)
Cargo: 0.17 million tons (2007)
| | | | Location: |
Manchester,
Cheshire,
United Kingdom Elevation: 257 ft. | | |
| Runways: |
| Direction | | Length | | Surface | | Notes |
| 23R/05L | |
10000 ft. |
| Concrete/Asphalt | |
| 23L/05R | |
9997 ft. |
| Concrete/Asphalt | |
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| Aircraft Details: | | Hawker Siddeley Trident |
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| BEA - British European Airways |
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| Location: | | Manchester - International, United Kingdom |
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| Photo by: |
ATI Collection |
| Date: |
1965-00-00 |
| Image ID: |
97823 |
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| This Trident 1C G-ARPI crashed on 18 June 1972 less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow, near the town of Staines killing all 118 persons onboard. It was operating a BEA service (BE548)from Heathrow to Brussels. |
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