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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-121/HS-121 Trident
    Latest Model:Trident 2E
    Last Military Serial:50055 PLAAF
    Construction Number:2188
    Last Civil Registration:B-269
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E sn 50055...
    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.

    16 February 1978

    Operated by Hawker Siddeley.
    As G-BBWG.

    4 May 1978

    Operated by Civil Aviation Administration of China.
    As B-269.

    1 December 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force with s/n 50055.

    By September 1997

    Placed on display with China Aviation Museum, Xiaotanzhanzen (previously Datang Shan), Beijing.
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    By 6 November 2008

    Markings Applied: 50055
    Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) c/s, white upper surfaces, grey lower surfaces, blue cheat line, CAAC in Chinese script along fuselage top, 50055 in black on central engine nacelle.

    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

    20 September 2011


    Photographer: John Bennett

    By 26 April 2014

    Markings Applied: 50055
    PLAAF national markings, upper fuselage white, lower fuselage grey, blue cheat line, 50055 in red on tail.

    26 April 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     World Military Out of Service 2012 by Andy Marden
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     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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