I know a mate who would of loved a trident cockpit in his sitting room he neatly brought a trident door at the feltham airfair back in 2005 😂😂

Thanks for uploading. Very nicely shot. There's something satisfying about the Trident flight deck. The instruments are quite unique, especially the HSI, with its alternating black compass card extending to the blue/amber ILS designator. Then there is the PVD, although it did not make its way on to Concorde. The RMI red/green colours for Nav 1 and Nav 2 needles extend backwards to the scheme as originally used in the Comet, whereas, the PVD and autoland systems project into the modern era of jet flight. It would have been interesting to see how the moving map display functioned during real-time flight - I wonder how many times the paper feeder jammed, possibly causing unwanted distraction during heavy workload periods - the pilots would just have to ignore it. The off centre engine instruments are very compact, though they are, perhaps, the most outdated aspect of the instrument panel layout. The autoland panel on the central console is what made the Trident so distinctive, as did the droop lever, with it's red and white stripes highlighting the extreme caution required during handling. This may have been one of the main detractors for acquiring the aircraft, especially after the Staines accident. It too became outdated rather quickly when the slat/flap function became conjoined in more modern types. Ultimately, it strikes me that for a swept wing high speed aircraft, there is nothing too overwhelming about the instrumentation - everything seems to click together beautifully. I think it might just be my favourite flight deck configuration of them all.

Mesmerising footage

Wow!!! Didn’t realize the Engineers work table was so small compared to the 727.

I wonder how that map system works. Looks really interesting

Great.

Seems like a lot of “hunting and pecking” compared to modern CATIIIB systems. The moving map is interesting but not really necessary with RMI and DME being more than sufficient to situate yourself to intercept the localizer and glideslope either full procedure or self-vector (radar vectors of course make it moot and the needles and distances are just for cross checking). The AI doesn’t seem to have the rising runway, speed cues, or rad alt nearby nor any lateral or vertical deviation (I’m assuming the crosshairs are the flight director) which are required on modern CATIIIB because the pilot literally has no time to look anywhere else. Of course even more modern aircraft have HUDs which can even replace autopilot on a CATIII approach as the pilot doesn’t have to transition to outside.

only two throttles? or are they refurbishing the third?