AP-AFQ c/n 4520

PIA's first Super Connie in service at Heathrow Airport in April 1955 (R.A. Scholefield)

• Final registration - AP-AFQ
• Delivered to Pakistani Government February 1, 1954 as AP-AFQ for use by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
• First Constellation operated by PIA
• Probably updated to L1049E
• Transferred to PIA ownership 1958
• Damaged in accident June 29, 1959 and repaired
• Withdrawn from service in 1964 and cannibalized for spares at Karachi International Airport
• Fuselage section salvaged for use as cabin crew trainer
• Located at the PIA-KLM Midway House Hotel and used as a crew trainer until the early 1980's
• Painted brown sand camouflage colors during the Indo-Pakistan War December 1971
• Noted at the PIA-KLM Hotel Midway House November 1973
• Check out 1969 and early 1980’s photos of fuselage on historyofpia.com website
• Noted at the PIA Training Center January 2014