AP-AMN - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AMN

Certificate of Registration Number:

291

Registration Date:

June 1961

Operator/Owner:

Ansett-ANA

Aircraft Type:

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mark 31M

Construction Number:

13179

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Year Built:

1955

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VH-BFA

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 13179. Registered in 1955 in United Kingdom (UK) as G-18-171. Acquired by Pakistan Air Force (PAF). PAF serial number S4416. Aircraft registered in Pakistan as AP-AMN, June 1961. Aircraft acquired by Ansett-ANA (Australian National Airways) of Australia in 1961 for use in New Guinea. Aircraft registered in Australia as VH-BFA, October 10, 1961. Registration AP-AMN removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on August 8, 1961. Aircraft transferred to Ansett/MAL (Mandated Air Lines) for flight operations in Papua New Guinea. October 30, 1967, registration VH-BFA cancelled. In 1967, the aircraft was acquired by SAFE Air (Straits Air Freight Express) in New Zealand and registered in New Zealand as ZK-CVK, November 3, 1967. Not put into service. Broken up for spares and scrapped, Blenheim, New Zealand, 1969.

Photo:

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk 31

Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mark 31 (Abbas Ali Collection)

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