Hawker Siddeley Trident variant
Hawker Siddeley Trident Trident 1E
Export version with Spey 511 engines, greater wing area, slats and up to 140 six-abreast seats. Fifteen built.
- 15
- Units built
- 3,540 km
- Range
- 149
- Passengers
History
A Trident to sell abroad
The 1E was Hawker Siddeley's attempt to recover the aeroplane BEA had forced it to shrink. It carried 50.7 kN Rolls-Royce Spey 511s, increased wing area by extending the chord, added leading-edge slats for better field performance and kept the same fuselage, but took up to 140 passengers six-abreast. The specification brought the aircraft back towards the original DH.121, though with less thrust.
Meagre sales
Only fifteen were sold: three to Kuwait Airways, three to Iraqi Airways, four to Pakistan International Airlines — later resold to China's CAAC — two to Channel Airways, two to Northeast Airlines and one to Air Ceylon. The Channel Airways machines had a very cramped cabin, seven-abreast at 53 cm pitch in the forward section, for 149 passengers.
Legacy
The 1E provided the wing and high-lift devices that the Trident 2E would take into long-range territory; in practice it was the family's aerodynamic testbed.
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