
PIA's first brand new Boeing 720-040B (registration AP-AMG) photographed during pre-delivery test flight in December 1961.
Following are January 2, 1962 PIA Boeing 720-040B (registration AP-AMG) record flight details on Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) website www.fai.org.

Record File Number: 7679
Status: Ratified - current record
Region: World Record
Class: C (Aeroplanes)
Sub-class: C-1 (Landplanes)
Type of record: Speed over a Commercial Air Route
Course: London (UK) - Karachi (Pakistan)
Performance: 938.78 km/h
Date: 02 Jan 1962
Record holders/Crew: A. BAIG, M.T. BAIG, A.A. HOWALDAR, M. YASIN (Pakistan)
Aeroplane: Boeing 720B (AP-AMG)
Source: Federation Aeronautique Internationale - FAI

Arrival of PIA's very first Boeing 720-040B jetliner (registration AP-AMG) at Karachi Airport on January 2, 1962 after a record setting flight from London. With representatives of FAI (Federation Aeronautique International) on board to monitor the official timings, AP-AMG on its delivery flight under the command of PIA's ace pilot Capt. Abdullah Baig (standing - 3rd from right in the photo) with Capt. Taimur Baig (standing - 5th from right in the photo) as his co-pilot completed London to Karachi flight in 6 hours 43 minutes and 55 seconds, the record which to this day remains unbroken!! Capt. Khusro Nawaz Khan (standing - 2nd from right) and Flight Engineer Hassan Mirza (first row - 1st from right) are also seen in this photo.
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