Trislander retirement 'end of an era'

Islanders have been saying farewell to Aurigny’s last remaining Trislander this weekend.

Passengers boarded Trislander G-BEVT for pleasure flights yesterday, ahead of its retirement on May 31st, with money raised going to the Channel Islands' Air Search charity.

Seats on the plane quickly sold out with aircraft aficionados travelling from the UK for a last voyage on Victor Tango.

Among them was Maurice Wyatt, who worked for Aurigny in Southampton when the airline acquired its first Trislander in 1971.

G-BEVT was built in 1977 and was registered to Aurigny in 1983. It has been flown more than 86,000 times.

The aircraft’s new home will be IWM Duxford in Cambridgeshire, one of the UK’s leading aviation museums.

Aurigny has brought in three Dorniers to replace the Trislanders, with another one expected to be added to the fleet soon.