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AP-AFQ |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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144 |
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Registration Date: |
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January 1954 |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation |
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Construction Number: |
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4520 |
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Year Built: |
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1954 |
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Delivery Date: |
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February 1, 1954 |
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Additional Remarks: |
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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unserviceable, withdrawn from use and broken-up in 1964.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. |
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Photo: |
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Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation
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Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation (registration AP-AFQ) |
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