The Cessna 310 is an American four-to-six-seat, low-wing, twin-engined monoplane produced by Cessna between 1954 and 1980. It was the first twin-engined aircraft that Cessna put into production after World War II. Development The 310 first flew on January 3, 1953 with deliveries starting in late 1954. The sleek modern lines of the new twin…
The Cessna 150 is a two-seat tricycle gear general aviation airplane that was designed for flight training, touring and personal use. It is the fifth most produced civilian plane ever, with 23,839 aircraft produced. The Cessna 150 was offered for sale in the 150-basic model, Commuter, Commuter II, Patroller and the aerobatic Aerobat models. The aircraft…
There are all kinds of flying-sports flying, aerobatics, soaring, ballooning, even hang gliding-but to most of us cross-country flying in a powered aircraft is what flying is all about. Basically, flying from where we are to where we want to be is really not much different than driving a car. We climb in, fasten the…
Through Courtesy of the Sargodhian For a considerable time before 1953, negotiations had been proceeding between the Government of Pakistan and Air Service Training Ltd., a British company which had experience in running air training centres. The school was to be started under a British Principal and British key staff on the model of English…
Initiation at Lahore Flying Club for aptitude assessment in selection process after replying to pilot trainee advertisement in newspaper in Oct.1966. Aptitude Assessment at Lahore Flying Club 18/3/1967—16/4/1967 = 10.00 hours PIA Flying Training Academy flying started 13/2/1968 First Solo: 5/3/1968= 14.00 hours Total Time: 10+14 (academy hours)= 24.00 PPL #748 (3/8/1968) FRTO # 445 (3/8/1968) Dual Day: 35.05…
In training to be a pilot on the four Cessna 150 airplanes of Pakistan International Airlines Flying Training Academy at Karachi Airport, Pakistan from May 1967 to May 1969, the only mishap encountered was when one fellow pilot trainee while low flying (prohibited), beat up a truck in the training area, hit it with the nose…
It is the summer of 1966 and I am in the first year of an undergraduate course in Forman Christian College, Lahore when the airline advertisement appears, “Want to be a Boeing Captain?” The airline is hiring pilot trainees and is opening a Flying Academy. I immediately apply and ask for a recommendation from my…
Encounters of engine failure in multi-engine airplanes in PIA I flew for, started with my training to become a captain on Fokker F-27, a twin engine turbo-propeller. We did not have a simulator for this airplane at the time. On the take-off roll at V1 (go/no go speed), engine power was taken off by…
Pk 636: RWP-PEW 1420-1500 Pk 635: PEW-PEW 1520-1620 Pk 635; PEW-LHE 2045-2245 Time is in GMT. RWP = Rawalpindi PEW = Peshawar LHE = Lahore I started my airline flying career on 15 September 1969 as First Officer on Fokker F-27 Friendship, registration AP-ALN, a 44-seater twin-engine turbo-propeller aircraft at Rawalpindi*, the Northern Areas Base of…
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