AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1962

Aircraft hub · 1962 · Cold War

Hawker Siddeley Trident

First airliner to land itself in fog, 1965. Passengers were not told until afterwards, which was wise. The gazetteer currently lists it at 9 UK museums.

1962
First flight
117
Built
610 mph
Top speed
9
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Hawker Siddeley Trident in the UK

The gazetteer records 9 Hawker Siddeley Trident airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 9 UK collections, in 7 regions: London & Around, East of England, Northern England, Scotland, Wales, South East England, South West England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
De Havilland Aircraft MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 St Albans London & Around Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E forward fuselage G-AVFH Cockpit or section
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Farnborough South East England Hawker Siddeley Trident 3 cockpit G-AWZI Cockpit or section
IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 Cambridge East of England Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E G-AVFB
Jet Age MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Gloucester South West England Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B forward section G-AWZU Cockpit or section
National Museum Of FlightChecked 2026-10-08 North Berwick Scotland Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C cockpit section G-ARPH Cockpit or section
North East Land, Sea and Air MuseumsChecked 2026-10-08 Sunderland Northern England Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPO
Runway Visitor Park, Manchester AirportChecked 2026-10-08 Altrincham Northern England Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B G-AWZK
Solway Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Crosby on Eden Northern England Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C nose section G-ARPP Cockpit or section
South Wales Aviation MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Barry Wales Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E cockpit section G-AVFM Cockpit or section

3D model

The Trident 2E in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as G-AVFB, a Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 2E delivered to British European Airways in 1968, leased to Cyprus Airways as 5B-DAC from 1973, damaged by gunfire at Nicosia in 1974 and returned to British Airways in 1977, flown by British Airways until 1982 and flown into Duxford on 13 June 1982 for the Duxford Aviation Society: BEA’s 1968 ‘Red Square’ scheme with a white upper fuselage and tail, a charcoal window band running the full length of the fuselage and over the black radome, a red flash along the lower fuselage sides widening aft beneath the Spey nacelles, red leading edges on the wings, the red BEA square with white italic ‘BEA’ on the fin, ‘G-AVFB’ in white on a black fin-cap band, ‘Trident Two’ in black on the fin-root fairing, Union flags and ‘Hawker Siddeley Trident Two’ titles behind the cockpit and red blanks in the three intakes, as it is displayed at IWM Duxford. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 217 models · download .glb (1.6 MB) · Plate 181 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

de Havilland Vampire, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter, Avro Vulcan, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk.

Where the type is thickest

Northern England has 3 collections recording the type.

Type notes

The Hawker Siddeley Trident in brief

TypeHawker Siddeley Trident (1C/2E/3B)
UK museums holding one9
Airframes recorded in this survey9

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Hawker Siddeley Trident airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 9 Hawker Siddeley Trident airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Hawker Siddeley Trident airframes?

De Havilland Aircraft Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.