Airfix 1/144 Hawker Siddeley 121 Trident A03174V

Plastic model kit, assembly required. Glue, paint and finishing supplies not included. An aircraft which was a real triumph for the British aviation industry and one which can claim to be arguably the most advanced jetliner in the world at the time of its first flight in early 1962, the Hawker Siddeley 121 Trident should have sold in vast quantities, but eventually lost out to an American built competitor, the similarly configured Boeing 727. Originally envisaged as a longer range airliner capable of carrying a large passenger load, the project's major customer, British European Airways, decided they actually wanted a high frequency, short haul aircraft for their domestic and European routes, a decision which resulted in a design change that would see Boeing develop their competitor design, the one which would eventually attract most operator interest. The Trident was a revolutionary three-engined 'Tri-liner' which incorporated many advanced design features, not least of which was a fu