AP-AFQ - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AFQ

Certificate of Registration Number:

144

Registration Date:

January 1954

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation

Construction Number:

4520

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Year Built:

1954

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Delivery Date:

February 1, 1954

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 4520. Built in 1954. Delivered on February 1, 1954. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AFQ for Government of Pakistan. Leased to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Purchased by PIA in 1958. Aircraft became unserviceable, withdrawn from use and broken-up in 1964. Not taken up by Lebanese Air Transport (LAT). Registration AP-AFQ removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on July 27, 1965. Aircraft fuselage section used for some years by PIA Training Centre (PTC) at Hotel Midway House, near Karachi Airport, Pakistan.

Photo:

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation (Abbas Ali Collection)

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation (registration AP-AFQ)