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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-121/HS-121 Trident
    Latest Model:Trident 2E
    Last Military Serial:50056 PLAAF
    Construction Number:2130
    Last Civil Registration:B-232
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E sn 50056...
    Latest Owner or Location:China Aviation Museum, Xiaotanzhanzen (previously Datang Shan), Beijing

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Trident 2E by Hawker Siddeley.

    23 November 1965

    Operated by Hawker Siddeley.

    3 January 1966

    Operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).

    1 July 1970

    Operated by Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).

    1 July 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 50056.

    1 April 1988

    Placed on display with China Aviation Museum, Xiaotanzhanzen (previously Datang Shan), Beijing.
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    1 April 1988

    Markings Applied: none
    PAAF national markings, white upper surfaces, grey lower surfaces, blue cheat line.

    6 November 2008


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E at the China Aviation Museum, Xiaotangshanzen, Datang Shan, Beijing, China. Photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson

    By 26 April 2014

    Markings Applied: 50051
    False s/n 50051 in red on tail.

    26 April 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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