Types you’ll see alongside
de Havilland Vampire, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter, Avro Vulcan, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk.
Aircraft hub · 1962 · Cold War
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.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
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.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes 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
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
de Havilland Vampire, Gloster Meteor, Hawker Hunter, Avro Vulcan, de Havilland Canada Chipmunk.
Northern England has 3 collections recording the type.
Type notes
| Type | Hawker Siddeley Trident (1C/2E/3B) |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 9 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 9 |
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
The Aviation Gazetteer records 9 Hawker Siddeley Trident airframes in UK collections.
De Havilland Aircraft Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.