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Trident TR-1 Trigull

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The design incorporates some innovative features, including wing tip floats that retract into the wing tips and provide additional wing area and lift, a nose wheel that retracts into the nose to act as a bumper for mooring on water and drooping
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of Sidney, British Columbia since 2006. Viking Air also owns the two remaining prototype aircraft. In 2003 Viking Air indicated an interest in producing the Trigull as a turbine-powered amphibian, with a price at that time estimated at
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certification following on 16 December 1976. Series production was to commence in the early 1980s, and orders were received for 43 aircraft, plus 23 options. The project received technical assistance from both
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Trident Aircraft was founded in February 1970 to develop the TR-1. The aircraft first flight was on 5 August 1973, with the second prototype first flying on 2 July 1976. The TR-1 Trigull 285 model's Canadian
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Although intended for series production, only three prototypes were ever built by Trident. Two were registered and flown, CF-TRI (later C-FTRI) and C-GATE, while the third was an engineering test airframe.
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285 hp (213 kW) engine and four seats. Type certified in Canada on 28 October 1976 and in the United States on 16 December 1976.
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285 hp (213 kW) and Tiara 6-320 320 hp (239 kW)
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aircraft certification was completed on 28 October 1976 with US
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400,000, but since then no further news has been released.
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The Trigull was specifically designed to compete with the
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245.2 sq ft (22.78 m) with tip floats up
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41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) with tip floats up
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The Trigull was designed as an improved and updated
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103 U.S. gallons (390 L; 86 imp gal)
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Trigull

Amphibious aircraft
Canada
Trident Aircraft
Republic RC-3 Seabee
amphibious aircraft
Trident Aircraft
Burnaby, British Columbia
Sidney, British Columbia
certified aircraft
Republic RC-3 Seabee
high-wing
tricycle landing gear
pusher configuration
aluminum
fibreglass
NACA
airfoil
flaps
Continental Tiara 6-285
four-stroke
Lycoming IO-540-M1A5D
Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD
ailerons
Republic RC-3 Seabee
Lake Buccaneer
SIAI-Marchetti FN.333 Riviera
Transport Canada
Federal Aviation Administration

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