Capetonian

"It looks great....... but what happened to the beautiful Trident that was outside the building (Europa House?) near the the aircraft crossing at Hatton Cross?"

It's at the runway viewing park in Manchester

Manchester Airport Spotting

Photos: Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

Photos: Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

It's in very nice condition including the flight deck. You can even have a look round inside.

Thank you EGGP, I shall make a point of visiting Manchester Airport when next in the area.

Take plenty of money for parking, those Northern barstewards rob you blind to park your car at the AVP!

I thank B.A for giving me a chance to revive old memories of the 757 I grew to love having serviced it from 1982 to 1994 from Tech 1 in the Central Area at London Airport [thank goodness I retired before the ethnic tails came in ]it was a lovely aircraft to work on, it had its problemes like all aircraft especially on cold ,wet nights but it was the first "all glass" cockpit in BA I worked on well ahead of its time . Goodbye old friend I'll miss you.
All my 757s are now still going strong with D.H.L.:O:O:O.

The interesting thing about the whole 'World Tails' episode is that it was probably Ayling's wife who came up with the idea!

She was (is) a renowned textile designer and had her work exhibited in many places around the world.

I met her once and she was far from what you would expect as Bob Ayling's missus - she was very 'avante garde' almost a hippy and very pleasant.

I think she said ' go on Bob let me have a go' the rest is history......:ooh:

She most certainly did after the World Tails were done.....clever girl!

It is certainly nice to see the 757 in the Negus colour scheme. I am just so dissapointed that the Ian Allan charter of the 757 scheduled for November 6th was cancelled due to lack of seat sales. I remember the 757 coming into service with BA back in 1983 and over the years have enjoyed flying in them as a passenger. I decided to book a seat on this historic flight back in August. At £225.00 a seat for the 40 minute Champagne trip ex-Heathrow it was a bit expensive; but decided to do it anyway. How sad I was to receive an email from Ian Allan stating that due to lack of seat sales the flight was cancelled. Perhaps if they had offered seats at £125.00 each they may have filled the flight; but Ian Allan stated that it was BA who were charging a lot for the charter. A missed opportunity in my view; BA could have made a lot of publicity out of the event if only they charged a fair price.:{

PET should be touching down on her last shuttle from EDI in half an hour, marking the end of an era at BA.

I understand that it may well be a while before she leaves LHR for a new life as s freighter, and anyone passing on the A30 should get a good view of the retro paint scheme.

Video from Youtube

YouTube - On board British Airways' last Boeing 757 flights (G-CPET)

BA 757 at Heathrow Today
 

This ex BA 757 arrived at Heathrow today - I wonder does anyone know what for?

http://www.heathrowcam.net/images/145977w.JPG

It's not ex-BA, it's operated by the BA subsiduary OpenSkies.

Home - OpenSkies

Probably in LHR for maintenance.

Ah right thanks

If you want to be picky, that Open Skies a/c actually IS an ex BA B757, but was transferred to EC when the airline started up.

Malaysian 28,
thanks for the link to the video of the 757's final flights.

On the way down from EGPH to EGLL, I was fortunate enough to be doing radar on the low-level Manchester sectors, (although now situated at the New Prestwick Centre) though which G-CPET passed. They were by then cruising at FL170 and asked to go lower for some sightseeing, allegedly trying to find Stokesay Castle. As the airspace was very quiet we descended SHT9C to FL90 around Preston, and it flew all the way to Bovingdon, via Manchester, Stafford and Birmingham), at that level, which was the lowest available at BNN. It was spotted from EGCC and EGBB towers and flashed its landing lights as it went past.
Just by chance, the Planning controller working with me was a Geordie, with an aeronautical engineering degree to boot.
Looking at the registration, I convinced him to wish the crew "Auf Wiedersehen Pet", and we both said a very sad good-bye to an aircraft type which, was not only a very elegant design, but who's performance fitted in well with the demands of the busy UK ATC system.

It would be interesting to see the 757 in the 1970's BEA livery, with the half Union Jack and a pair of red wings.

superb video, thanks On board British Airways' last Boeing 757 flights (G-CPET) - YouTube


loved the 757
first saw them at T1 when working for BMA on the bravo pier

my first flight was on g-bikf a BA 757-236 leased to Air Europe in july 1983 from LGW - IBZ
Photos: Boeing 757-236 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

always loved the 757 when working for Monarch at LGW in 1985 onwards
with KT

will miss them in the BA fleet and i guess the BA RR engined 767-336 will be next to go
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