G-AVFD British Airways Trident 2E lining up for a 28R take off at London Heathrow

Trident Swansong 1980 - 1985

With only six months left in service G-AVFD - a Trident 2E in the later 'British' livery of British Airways lines up for a 28R take off in the early morning sunshine at London Heathrow.

 

Note the aircraft is carrying the revised 'British' livery. Around 1980, British Airways experimented with an 'American' style abbreviated name of 'British' seen here. The experiment was quite short-lived.

 

G-AVFD c/n 2143 - Trident 2E - delivered new to BEA in March 1968, and incorporated into the British Airways fleet six years later. The aircraft flew with BA for another eight years, before being withdrawn finally in March 1982. The aircraft was broken up just a month later at Heathrow.

 

BEA/BA Trident 2s

G-AVFA 1969-3/83 b/u LHR 1/84

G-AVFB 1968-6/82 ex 5B-DAC - preserved Duxford

G-AVFC 1968-10/81 b/u LHR 11/81 (3/82)

G-AVFD 1968-3/82 b/u LHR 4/82

G-AVFE 1968-2/85 Belfast fire trainer - now scrapped

G-AVFF 1968-11/84 b/u Southend 1/85

G-AVFG 1968-4/85 - the last in service - Heathrow fire trainer - now scrapped

G-AVFH 1968-10/81 b/u LHR 5/82

G-AVFI 1968-9/81 b/u LHR 5/82

G-AVFJ 1968-3/82 Teeside fire trainer - now scrapped

G-AVFK 1969-12/81 b/u LHR 5/82

G-AVFL 1969-12/84 b/u Southend 2/85

G-AVFM 1969-1/84 Lulsgate ground trainer - now scrapped

G-AVFN 1969-12/84 b/u Southend 1/85

G-AVFO ntu - became 5B-DAA then G-AZXM 1969-4/85 b/u Southend 2/85

G-AVFO 1970-1/85 b/u Southend 2/85

 

For further information on the history of the Trident programme see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Trident

 

Visit my Trident gallery here - full of superb images of a great plane! www.flickr.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/galleries/7215765656...

 

Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens.

 

You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/

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