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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Air Ceylon Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident Green: Doug Green· GFDL 1.2
- 2. Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B: Craig Sunter from Manchester, UK· CC BY 2.0
- 3. British Airways Trident G-AWYZ 01: Piergiuliano Chesi· CC BY 3.0
- 4. British Airways Trident G-AWZV: Piergiuliano Chesi· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. British Airways Trident Three G-AWZA 1: Piergiuliano Chesi· CC BY 3.0
- 6. Hawker Siddeley Trident (48866254752): Steve Nimmons from UK· CC BY 2.0
- 7. Trident tail: Nimbus227· Public domain
what is it?
The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957, de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways (BEA) request. By 1960, de Havilland had been acquired by Hawker Siddeley.
How to recognise it: low wing · retractable tricycle gear
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 64 years ago, in 1962.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1962-01-09
- introduced
- 1964
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 117
- role
- narrow-body airliner
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Hawker Siddeley
- engines
- —
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
- wings
- low wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1423689, Wikipedia: Hawker Siddeley Trident (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.