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AP-BCZ |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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600 |
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Registration Date: |
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September 26, 1987 |
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Operator/Owner: |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 |
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Construction Number: |
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10305 |
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Year Built: |
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1966 |
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First Flight: |
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August 17, 1966 |
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Delivery Date: |
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Aircraft Name: |
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"City of Bannu" |
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Previous Registration: |
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VH-FNP |
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Previous Operator: |
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Ansett Australia |
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Fate: |
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Withdrawn from use in July 2006 |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 10305. Ordered new by
Ansett for Airlines of South Australia. Built in 1966.
Registered in the Netherlands as PH-FIZ, N.V. Koninklijke
Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek (KNV) Fokker, August 16, 1966.
First flight on August 17, 1966. Registration PH-FIZ
cancelled on August 24, 1966. Registered in Australia
as VH-FNP, August 23, 1966. To Airlines of N.S.W (Airlines of New
South Wales), August 24, 1966. Operated by ASA (Airlines of South Australia)
which was a subsidiary of Ansett-ANA (Ansett-Australian
National Airways), September 19, 1966. Named "City of Whyalla".
Operated by Ansett-ANA in full Airlines of South Australia
livery, May 1968. Repainted into Airlines of N.S.W. colors,
July 15, 1968. Repainted into Ansett Airlines of New South
Wales 'delta' livery, August 1, 1969. Leased to Ansett
Airlines of South Australia, July 23, 1977. Repainted into
Airlines of South Australia 'Piping Shrike' livery, February
19, 1982. Aircraft named ' Sir Thomas Playford' at ceremony
at West Beach Airport, March 14, 1982. Operated final A.S.A.
service Adelaide-Port Lincoln-Adelaide as GJ440/441 on June
27, 1986. Returned to Melbourne and re-entered Ansett
service in A.S.A. livery, June 29, 1986. Operated final
Ansett service Wynyard-Melbourne, September 19, 1986.
Withdrawn from use and stored at Melbourne, November 5,
1986. Sold to Air UK, 1986. Departed Melbourne on delivery
flight, January 23, 1987. Arrived Norwich at conclusion of
delivery flight, January 30, 1987. Registration VH-FNP
cancelled on August 31, 1987. Sold to PIA, September 2,
1987. Registered in Pakistan as AP-BCZ, September 26, 1987.
Damaged on a training flight at Karachi Airport, September
21, 1991. Undercarriage was retracted too early on take-off
and aircraft settled back on the runway. Aircraft repaired
and returned to service, December 30, 1991. In 1997, AP-BCZ was named "City of Bannu" to celebrate
Pakistan's 50 years of independence. Aircraft withdrawn from
use in July 2006. Registration AP-BCZ removed from Pakistan
Aircraft Register on May 7, 2007. Aircraft sold to Pakistan
Navy, May 18, 2007, as spares source. Airframe used for training
Special Services Group-Navy (SSG-N) at Pakistan Naval
Station Iqbal (PNS Iqbal), Karachi, Pakistan. |
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Photo: |
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Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200
(Abbas Ali
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Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (registration AP-BCZ) |
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