Special christening for new Hawker Siddeley aircraft - Trident Two.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 2059.28
- Media URN:
- 56719
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 21/04/1968
- Sound:
- Sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:07:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:36:16:00 / 01:37:23:00
- Canister:
- 68/33
Unknown user says
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/trident-2-named/query/aviation
Film clip entitled: "Trident 2 Named 1968"
In fact, this is two entirely separate newsfilms spliced together. Worse still, the film shows two different types of Trident and the events are about five years apart!
Up to around 0:24 it's correct, being a Trident 2 (as painted on the centre -No.2- engine), with registration G-AVFB(?), might be G-AVFA.
However, from 0:24 onwards, the registration is clearly shown as G-ARPA. That's an entirely different and older aircraft, being a Trident 1. Indeed G-ARPA was the first ever Trident of any marque, and had been already been in service with BEA for some 4 or 5 years before any Trident 2 joined the fleet.