Hawker Siddeley Trident

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The Hawker Siddeley Trident is a British three-engined jet airliner introduced in the 1960s, notable for its advanced avionics and role in pioneering automatic landing systems.

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instanceOf jet airliner
narrow-body airliner
three-engined aircraft
aircraftRole short- to medium-range airliner
airlineMarket short-haul European routes
avionicsFeature autoland capability
automatic approach system
triple autopilot system
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew 3
cruiseSpeed about 880 km/h
designBegan late 1950s
designedBy de Havilland Aircraft Company
surface form: De Havilland
developedFrom De Havilland DH.121 design
engineConfiguration three rear-mounted turbofan engines
engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
enteredServiceWith British European Airways
firstFlight 1962-01-09
fuselageType pressurized
hasVariant Trident 1C
Trident 1C
surface form: Trident 1E

Trident 2E
Trident 3B
icaoCode HSTR
introduced 1964
landingGear tricycle landing gear
manufacturer Hawker Siddeley
maximumPassengerCapacity 180
notableFor advanced avionics
first airliner certified for automatic landing in revenue service
pioneering automatic landing systems
numberBuilt 117
numberOfEngines 3
primaryUser British Airways
British European Airways
Civil Aviation Administration of China
productionEnd mid-1970s
productionStart early 1960s
range approximately 3,000 km
retired 1995
safetyFeature Category IIIB autoland capability
successor Boeing 727
surface form: Boeing 727 (in many airline fleets)
tailConfiguration T-tail
typicalPassengerCapacity 115
usedBy Chinese airlines
European airlines
usedFor commercial passenger transport
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane

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