AP-AME - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AME

Certificate of Registration Number:

283

Registration Date:

June 1961

Operator/Owner:

Trans Australia Airlines (TAA)

Aircraft Type:

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mark 31M

Construction Number:

13176

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Year Built:

1955

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VH-TBA

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Construction number 13176. Registered in 1955 in United Kingdom (UK) as G-18-168. Acquired by Pakistan Air Force (PAF), serial number S4427. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as AP-AME, June 1961. Aircraft acquired by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) in 1961 and registered in Australia as VH-TBA. Registration AP-AME removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on May 31, 1961. The plane was flown from Pakistan to Australia in 1961. In 1967, TAA retired the aircraft from its routes. In 1968 the aircraft was acquired by Air Express. In 1968 The aircraft was acquired by Mayne Nickless Interstate Parcel Express Company (IPEC) for spares. Broken up at Brisbane Airport, Australia, 1968.

Photo:

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk 31

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mark 31 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mark 31 (registration AP-AME)