AP-AOB - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AOB

Certificate of Registration Number:

329

Registration Date:

November 1963

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Sikorsky S-61N

Construction Number:

61-216

Line Number:

Year Built:

1963

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

N653X

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

G-AWFX

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 61-216. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AOB for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Registration AP-AOB removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on March 10, 1968. Sold in April 1968 to British European Airways (BEA) Helicopters and registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-AWFX, April 3, 1968. Registration G-AWFX cancelled on May 12, 1988. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N7011M. Operated by Carson Helicopters. Converted to 'Fire King' standard for fire fighting missions. Seen active in Melbourne, Australia, in 2009. Registered in USA as N216WW, August 26, 2010.

Photo:

Sikorsky S-61N

Sikorsky S-61N (Abbas Ali Collection)

Sikorsky S-61N (registration AP-AOB)