History of PIA - Pakistan International Airlines
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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:11 pm 
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Hope you guys enjoy the pictures at least half as much as we enjoyed being there!

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:48 pm 
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Great pictures! The action shot of Thai was my favorite.

In the panoramic shot there are 3 A310's. The one right in the middle of the picture, between the 747's seems to lack parts of the engine and the nose cone as well?

Also, what is the current status of the fleet? How many are inactive??

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:00 pm 
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Top quality photos!

Had been trying to find registrations of those grounded Shaheen Boeing 737-200s. Good to know one of them is AP-BHG.

Thank you for sharing.

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 5:59 pm 
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Excellent photographs of a graveyard.

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:53 pm 
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Kazakh Airlines TU-154 with registration UN-85455 has been stored at KHI for 17 years. The CAA should dump it asap.


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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:18 pm 
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Btw excellent shots mhansari! =D> As far as i can see...apart from BFU & BGJ there seems to be an A310 in the Isphani Hanger. Please tell what registration it is? & whether a C-Check or a D-Check is being performed?


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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:07 pm 
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Amazing Shots...

Some old Horses being Overhauled... :D

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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:35 am 
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Upload more, you took loads. I'll upload some of mine here too.

It was sad to see 3 out of 5 PIA's 747-300's out of service. The 747 you see in the hangar here is AP-BFU which suffered the air bridge collapse damage. AP-BFY is stripped of all 4 engines and looks like will remain out of service for sometime and the third was also partially stripped out while the fourth (BGG) was making its way to the hangar as BFU was ejected to make way for it.

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AP-BFU Air Bridge collapse damage:
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It was close to 55 degrees and hotter inside the cockpit and avionics bay. Couldn't stand there for more than 2 minutes:
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AP-BFY:
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AP-BAT 1980-2010:
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The sad state of BFY. Next in line for the choppers block?
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AP-BAK 1979-2011:
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AP-BGG making its way to the hangar as BFU is pushed out:
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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:39 am 
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These are amazing. The bare metal 777 looks amazing! And the slow death of the 747 is sad to see. Great stuff...

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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:10 am 
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Looks like AP-BFY is being cannibalised! :(


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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:34 pm 
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excellent photography session; each and every shot is brilliantly captured, thanks mhansari & moin for sharing...

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 2:55 am 
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Great shots from mhansari & Moin , very thanks for both of them for sharing these great shots with us.

if they wanted to make AP-BFY choppers block, then why the spent money and painted it in new livery ??

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 5:59 pm 
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Moin you lucky duck!

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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:43 pm 
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awsome!

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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2012 12:47 pm 
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i will also say awesome.
i would very much appreciate description to some of the pics
what that 38 yr old dc-10 from zimbabwe doing in khi? seems it hasnt been able to fly back or someone has bought it?
unless the owners of these old junks are paying parking charges, caa should sell them for scrap them and earn enuf to buy airbridge


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