AP-AGK - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AGK

Certificate of Registration Number:

164

Registration Date:

1953

Operator/Owner:

Government of Pakistan

Aircraft Type:

Airspeed AS-65 Consul

Construction Number:

5151

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Previous Registration:

EI-ADC

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Next Registration:

HB-LAU

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 5151. This aircraft was built under Royal Air Force (RAF) serial number HM980 (construction number 906) as Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mark I. Aircraft converted by Airspeed into Airspeed AS-65 Consul. Certificate of Airworthiness (CoA) issued on September 24, 1947. Registered in Ireland as EI-ADC on September 24, 1947 to Aer Rianta Teoranta, Dublin, Ireland. Aer Lingus, Dublin, Ireland, April 13, 1948. Registration cancelled April 27, 1953. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AGK for Government of Pakistan, 1953. On loan to Karachi Aero Club, Karachi. To Hunt International Petroleum. Registration AP-AGK removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on March 10, 1959. Returned to United Kingdom (UK) in September 1958 but not registered in UK. Registered in Switzerland as HB-LAU in 1959. Seen in Switzerland in 1960. Registered in Spain as EC-ARU (Certificate of Registration number 446), June 6, 1962, to Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A., Madrid, Spain.

Photo:

Airspeed AS-65 Consul

Airspeed AS-65 Consul (Abbas Ali Collection)

Airspeed AS-65 Consul (registration AP-AGK)