AP-AAM - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AAM

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

1947

Operator/Owner:

Government of Pakistan

Aircraft Type:

de Havilland Canada DH-83C Fox Moth

Construction Number:

FM47

Line Number:

Year Built:

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

VT-CPM

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Registered in India as VT-CPM for Northern India Flying Club, Lahore, 1947. Registration VT-CPM not taken up by Northern India Flying Club, Lahore, 1947. Initially VT-CP* registration series starting from registration VT-CPA from India's civil aircraft register was reserved for aircraft to be registered in then newly independent Pakistan. However registrations in Indian series VT-CP* were not taken up by aircraft to be registered in Pakistan and eventually registration of those aircraft began in Pakistan with Pakistan's own aircraft registration nationality mark. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AAM in 1947 for Northern India Flying Club at Walton Aerodrome, Lahore. Northern India Flying Club renamed Lahore Flying Club at Walton Aerodrome, Lahore. Damaged in collision with another aircraft while taxiing on March 3, 1952. Certificate of Airworthiness (CofA) expired on July 29, 1952. Registration cancelled, February 8, 1955. Registered again in September 1956 for Lahore Flying Club. To Karachi Flying Club in 1957. CofA expired on December 13, 1957. Karachi Aero Club reported active March 31, 1959. Government of Sindh. Registration AP-AAM cancelled and removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register in 1960s because maintenance and operation of the aircraft was considered uneconomical and unsafe.

Photo:

de Havilland Canada DH-83C Fox Moth

de Havilland Canada DH-83C Fox Moth (Capt. Johnny Sadiq Collection)

de Havilland Canada DH-83C Fox Moth (registration AP-AAM)