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Another topic for the aircraft...we have commenced preperation work for the dismantle which is due to begin on 12th September,here are piccy's from works carried out yesterday...


Julian (LAE BA) and Phil take a break from lowering the inboard flaps....



Julian and myself dropping the number two engine bay doors...



You will open...yours truly.



Overview of the aircraft...the flaps will be removed to help me cut the wings off.The number two engine bay doors will also be removed..



Doors open to reveal the number two engine S duct that i will have to cut out to gain access to remove the fin next month.



200 odd pallets under the wings in preperation...




Tony and his Pallet delivery (sponsored naturally)

Thanks Neil - you are certainly a dedicated bunch

Do you ever have time for yourselves?

Thanks Neil - you are certainly a dedicated bunch

Do you ever have time for yourselves?

Lol yes we are,i did all this before of course with Trident 3B G-AWZK a few years back...
Luckily we do have some time to ourselves as we only get up Teesside once or twice a month but from 12th Sept we will be there for a week and hopefully if all goes well PO will be dismantled ready to move in October..


The intersting bit is the fin removal.....like this..




Hopefully by the end of the week PO should look something like this...

Trident man wrote:200 odd pallets under the wings in preperation...

Blimey, you start collecting EARLY for November the 5th!

Nice photos neil I hope you keep a photo diary as you progress....

fascinating stuff!

Well all the team met up at Teeside Airport for another hard working day at teeside Airport. Weather was cloudy with a warm breeze.This trip we had recruited a new member of the team , Allen mclaughlin who is a cameraman for BBC Scotland . Allen will be filming and inteviewing from beginning to end of the project .
Well the agenda was a busy one with Julian and phil who managed finally to lower the inner wing flaps ,and they were a pig to do . Neil and Matt refitted temperarily the engineers panels with the instruments and that really brought the cockpit alive, they will need repainting before their perminante fit . We also had 200 pallets delievered that were kindly sponsered by Evergreen pallets at Darlington that we distributed under the wings .More wiring inside was cut out to reduce weight and a general sweep out of the cockpit.Later in the day the rear engine bay doors were opened we can now start to see the job in hand of removing the s ducting. Just before we left Neil managed to remove a couple of items via the grinder from the T2 (whats left of it) before its total demise on monday 9th july
And of course Allen was filming and and inteviewing the team, capturing some great footage .
To see some of the photos of the day go to our website http://www.savethetrident.org . or Neil Lomax posts on here.
The next time we will be up for a week cutting and removing the stab , tail and wings . We still require still 950.00 to do the move if you can still help.
cheers tony

Now down to 900.00 to raise for the move ,
thankyou

Wow - you've got your work cut out for you.
Hope the next phase all goes to plan

Thanks all for your comment's and now here is the link for the film...enjoy

Thankyou for your latest donations , we now require 760.00 for the move so really close now guys. cheers tony

cracking stuff Thanks for keeping us up to date on IA

We now require 650.00 to move . thankyou for the latest donation.

You can also donate through buying a trident booklet that is on sale on our website

http://www.savethetrident.org

cheers tony

Thanks for update Tony - hope to get up there before too long!!

We would like to thank the kind donations have received lately. We now require 360.00 to move the aircraft.
One person sent a donation in an envelope but left no details inside to write back so thankyou from us all

tony

Are there any progress pictures Tony?

Hi
Our next visit will be for the week 13/8 -17/8 where we will take a lot more photos to show the cutting and dismantling and we will post them up . Neil Lomax flicker page has a few more on.
Thankyou for donations so far today we are now down to 285.00....top stuff .

Thanks for the update, keep up the good work!

Now require 185.00 ....nearly there guys

We also was in the local evening gazette newspaper at teeside

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teess ... -27145632/

Well done, spreading the word!

really getting there folks.. We have just 140.00 to go now for the move ... thankyou

Update from me re restoration works,i have been to see a good freind of mine who owns a Trident 3B G-AWZQ full motion simulator he bought off of BA back in 1986 i was lucky enough to fly ZQ on many occasions and have been associated with both the sim and Andy for around 15 years.Andy has kindly loaned us all but three instrumen's etc that we need to complete the flightdeck......


this is the loan.


Andy on his Trident 3B sim G-AWZQ...

WOW- that's impressive!!

Mags wrote:WOW- that's impressive!!

*checks zip

Makes my FSX look pooh

Glad you are making progress guys.

That sim looks good!!!