AP-ATK - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ATK

Certificate of Registration Number:

361

Registration Date:

March 1966

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident IE-103

Construction Number:

2130

Line Number:

Year Built:

1965

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

November 23, 1965

Test Flight Registration:

G-ATNA

Delivery Date:

March 1, 1966

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Sold to China in 1970

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 2130. First flight on November 23, 1965. Registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-ATNA for test and demonstration flights, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, January 14, 1966. To Pakistan, February 21, 1966. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ATK for PIA. Delivered on March 1, 1966. Aircraft to People's Republic of China (PRC) under barter trade with Pakistan, July 1970. Registration AP-ATK removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on August 7, 1970. Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) government aircraft serial number 232. Transferred to Chinese Air Force and flown with serial number 50056, July 1974 and later serial number 50051, 1980. Retired in middle of 1980s. Placed on display at China Aviation Museum in Datangshan, China, March 1988.

Photo:

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident IE-103

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident IE-103 (Abbas Ali Collection)

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident IE-103 (registration AP-ATK)