Trident jet
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The Trident jet is a British-designed tri-jet airliner, formally known as the Hawker Siddeley Trident, that was widely used in the 1960s and 1970s for short- to medium-haul commercial flights.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hawker Siddeley Trident | 0 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jet airliner
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narrow-body airliner ⓘ tri-jet ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Trident 1C
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Trident 1E NERFINISHED ⓘ Trident 2E NERFINISHED ⓘ Trident 3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airlineOperator |
BKS Air Transport
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British Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ CAAC Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Channel Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprus Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuwait Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan International Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
HS Trident
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Trident jet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 980 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
medium-haul routes
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short-haul routes ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | three rear-mounted turbofan engines ⓘ |
| engineType | Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1962-01-09 ⓘ |
| firstOperator | British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introduced | 1964 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Hawker Siddeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 180 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
equipped for automatic landing in low visibility
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one of the first airliners with autoland capability ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 117 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 3 ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
British Airways
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British European Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ CAAC Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Aviation Administration of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1978 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1962 ⓘ |
| range | 3000 km ⓘ |
| retired | 1995 ⓘ |
| role | short- to medium-haul airliner ⓘ |
| successorAircraft |
Airbus A320 family
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Boeing 727 NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing 737 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 115 ⓘ |
| usedInDecade |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.