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ZuluKilo2312
4th Jul 2005, 21:09
Hi all im back,quick update on Zulu Kilo,she will be moved from LHR on Saturday 16th July @23.00 this is a provisional date and may be a week later on the 23rd when i have more info i will post here.
rgds
Neil
ZuluKilo2312
4th Jul 2005, 21:19
Hi all just to let you know The BEA Trident 3B G-AWZK will be moving out of LHR on the 16th July @23.00 if all goes to plan, if this date changes i will post the info here.
rgds
Neil
King Pong
4th Jul 2005, 21:24
Where is it going to?
ZuluKilo2312
4th Jul 2005, 21:27
Its going to the AVP Manchester:ok:
apaddyinuk
5th Jul 2005, 12:53
I was only wondering about that yesterday as I was passing the LHR maintanence area. Its looking pretty sorry for itself resting on its belly without the wings attached!
No wings?
Would willingly have driven to Manch to see that land there!!
:sad:
ZuluKilo2312
5th Jul 2005, 17:15
We dismantled the aircraft last oct /november she will be on the back of a lorry like this
http://www.shockcone.co.uk/trident/zkwork/zknw2.jpg
Please bear in mind we will be reassembling the aircraft to her former glory,here is a pic of the fin being removed.
http://www.shockcone.co.uk/trident/zkwork/zk2110_03.jpg
Wing cut.
http://www.shockcone.co.uk/trident/zkwork/zk_0211_05.jpg
For more pics etc please visit our forum
http://aviationphotoarchive.com/ZuluKiloBB2/index.php?sid=4ac61820dfae5e564c3d949dfc5d94ed
ps all pics are copyright of myself Neil Lomax
before dismantling.
http://www.shockcone.co.uk/trident/zkwork/zk1.jpg
And finally ZK\'s immaculate flightdeck.
http://www.airlinepics.com/showphoto.php?src=7965
Also once the aircraft is rebuilt she will be open for the genral public for the very first time since her retirement on 1st November 1985.
treadigraph
5th Jul 2005, 18:04
Love that BEA scheme (and the one the 1-11 at Duxford is painted in...)
Good luck with the move, you know, twenty years ago I never thought I'd miss the Trident...
Leezyjet
8th Jul 2005, 20:34
That's great news Neil.
Will try and pop along to watch her go.
:)
pax britanica
8th Jul 2005, 21:55
As a bit of Trident fan I think it is great that one is being preserved. The T3 made great noise on take off when the boost engine was used. I was thinking about that looking at the flite deck pic and wondered where the controls for the Boost engine are- there appear to my untrained eye only three thrust levers.
Did the boost engine have a 'throttle' I assumed it did or was it a case of on or off??
PB
woodpecker
8th Jul 2005, 22:59
Was it really the 22nd Feb 1985 that I last flew Zulu Kilo, back from EDI (and I gave the landing away)?
Back to the question, the Boost engine just had a small switch to control it. T/O and climb if I remember correctly, with a gauge showing the thrust.
Where was it? Well, starting from the top of the throttles (in the photo mentioned earlier) move to the right and the first gauge you come to is the Droop. Next to it, and slightly below is the boost thrust gauge with the control below the gauge.
ZuluKilo2312
10th Jul 2005, 22:22
Quick update,the move will slip a week or two due to TFL (transport for london) not allowing us to close the Bath Road for 2 hours. The police have suggested that we exit via Hatton Cross and use the southern perry,i will update as soon as i have the info.The wing's and fin will be moved within in the next two weeks.
On a similar line..
Is G-AWZJ still at Prestwick?
:8
In a word .......... No.......I have been living up here for 4 years now and it wasnt here then .....
The one at Glasgow has gone as well .......
ZuluKilo2312
17th Jul 2005, 23:19
So has ZU and ZX:ugh:
Bmused55
18th Jul 2005, 09:24
I taxied by G-AWZJ in 1994 heading out of GLA on a Monarch 757.
Back then she looked in a right state. I think its better she has been scrapped, rather than sit around for eons slowly falling to bits in post crash like condition.
She was well beyond any viable restoration IMO.
ZuluKilo2312
18th Jul 2005, 18:11
Further update one wing and the fin to be moved wednesday/thursday and a new fuselage move date of 6th aug updates will follow soon.
PPRuNe Radar
18th Jul 2005, 18:24
I taxied by G-AWZJ in 1994 heading out of GLA on a Monarch 757.
Unlikely, as it was at PIK from the mid 1980s in a non flying state. It has now been broken up and the forward fuselage and cockpit is in a museum near Dumfries. Or did you mean the Trident 1 painted up in BAA colours ?? G-ARPP
G-AWZJ PIK May 1987 (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/122652/M/)
G-ARPP GLA Nov 2002 (http://www.airliners.net/open.file/316685/M/)
ZuluKilo2312
18th Jul 2005, 18:44
G-AWZJ was not in too bad condition ,so the fwd fuse was saved G-ARPP was scrapped by a freind of mine ,the cockpit section has been saved and is in the process of restoration in Glasgow.G-AWZO was scrapped at HTF and i have the evidence on film/video G-AWZU was also scrapped around three years ago by a freind again and the forward 20 ft is stored,G-AVFM was scrapped and again a freind of mine has saved the cockpit section and again this has been saved and resides in his garden in Hampshire.G-AWZX was also scrapped by the same guy but the aircraft was knackered and scrapped along with the Comet,the only fire dump Trident's left are G-ARPK at MAN G-SMOKE ex G-AVFG (fuse only) G-AWZS complete half a T2 and a Trident 1.Hope this clarifys the surviviors.:ok:
Oh and while i remember another freind of mine has G-AWZI's cockpit at the F.A.ST. Museium at Farnbourgh,there is also a complete Trident 2E located at Belfast Airport.
cessna l plate
11th Aug 2005, 17:00
Any further info of the move from LHR to MAN of the Trident??
I noticed a couple of engines at the viewing park last week, but no plane.
Thanks
GOLF-INDIA BRAVO
12th Aug 2005, 13:38
Early September so the forum says on the
ZK web site as most transport problems sorted
G-I-B
allthatglitters
31st Aug 2005, 22:43
Did the boost engine have a 'throttle' I assumed it did or was it a case of on or off??
Back to the question, the Boost engine just had a small switch to control it. T/O and climb if I remember correctly, with a gauge showing the thrust.
The boost engine (RB162) was a bit of a strange motor, it had a plastic axial compressor and case, (except the first comp stage),
To start the engine, bleed air was ducted from the aircraft pnuematic supply and fed directly onto the single turbine disk, (air impingment).
The FCU (Fuel Control Unit) was electrically controlled, 5 or 6 positions.
The oil system was a total loss, using Castrol 3C. Filled from a remote point in the REB (Rear Equipment Bay) with qty gauge.
6,000lb of thrust, no electrical generater.
And to answer the initial question, the main boost engine control was by using switches attached to the main engine throttles, any 2 of the 3 levers determining Take off, climb.
Many night shift hours spent running them as after a few days of non use they used to be a bit tempremental to start.
So do we know when G-AWZK is going to be pieced back together??
Looks a sorry sight with tail on side, engines and wings unattached, etc etc...
:sad: