PAF C-130 Hercules operating PIA flight to Gilgit

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:49 pm

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Lockheed C-130B Hercules (air force serial# 14727) operating PIA flight from Islamabad to Gilgit.

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At Islamabad Airport.

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Pakistan Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules (air force serial# 14727) at Gilgit Airport

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Source: http://flickr.com/photos/23418736@N00/s ... 442327936/

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Adnan Anwar · Post by **Adnan Anwar** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:02 am

How many people can Hercules carry? PIA must be milking money on days when planes are able to go without weather issues.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:38 am

PAF C-130s usually carried upto 80 passengers on PIA flights to Chitral and Gilgit.

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:29 pm

What the ... I feel sorry for those passengers. Do they get any food or refreshments? Looking at their faces I don't think they did

samee380 · Post by **samee380** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:03 pm

thats disgraceful. did these passnegers pay for the full price for the seat?

mohammed younis · Post by **mohammed younis** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:13 pm

Probably not the best of flights for normal passengers,

but for airline anthusiasts like us, if found of been a memorable experience..

any idea how long the flight was?

atmalik · Post by **atmalik** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:09 pm

cpt_747, let me tell you from personal experience that a flight like that is a very interesting experience,

. Probably not what the people paid for, and i highly doubt there were any refreshments served, and the fact that the C-130 cabin is so loud that you cannot even hear the person sitting nest to you, it still makes for an interesting flight.

I flew on one from quetta to Rawalpindi a long time ago,

and as I said very interesting experience

not to be missed.

Adnan Anwar · Post by **Adnan Anwar** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:38 pm

cpt_747 wrote:What the ... I feel sorry for those passengers. Do they get any food or refreshments? Looking at their faces I don't think they did

Actually, flights to Gilgit, Chitral, Saudu SHarif, Skardu and other high altiutude desitnations PIA has never served anythign. I have travlled three different times in the past on F-27's but due to bumpy ride, nothing was served.

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:22 pm

I dont think the case is if ur an enthusiast or not, if you paid to go by a civil airliner and paid the price for a good service you expect it! Why is PIA operating PAF (Visa versa)? Not enough aircraft?

Looks very uncomfortable...

raihans · Post by **raihans** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:32 pm

Its more looking like a refugee flight

cpt_747 · Post by **cpt_747** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:22 am

As everybody has the freedom to express their ideas or concerns. I'd certainly think that this only happens in Pakistan where you paying couple of thousand rupees for a flight and expecting a comfortable seat but end up with this sort of mess. That is disgraceful & shocking, especially when you have to sit as if you're POW and not a proud passenger of an airline.

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:05 pm

raihans wrote:Its more looking like a refugee flight

LolzÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Â¦ And more like a Shalimar Express (Economy Class) going all the way from Lahore to Karachi with tired people onboard

PK777, PIA used these C-130s for flights to Gilgit and I suppose Chitral ever since their F-27s were grounded after the Multan crash incident.

BTW, Apart from the condition of the people there, I was very desperate to see C-130s from inside so who so many thanks to who so ever took those nice set of photos.