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Unusual find in Karachi

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I came across a balloon wala selling those pool toys that you fill with air and he had an Arkia Israel Airlines 757 model, was selling it for Rs.170.
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Did you buy those B757s from him then?

Post pictures if you did and does he have more of them??
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haha,... Ive seen Kuwaiti, Saudi, PIA as well as Virgin!! lol
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What's Arkia? Never read or heard of it. Only Israeli careers Im farmiliar with are El Al and israair.
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Nadir Ali wrote:What's Arkia? Never read or heard of it. Only Israeli careers Im farmiliar with are El Al and israair.
It's another charter/ low fare carrier flying in Israel.

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.s ... humbnails=
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Israel is so small do they have so many destinations domestic?
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I didnt buy it and he just had one, anyways it was a very crude interpretation of a 757 not literally like it infact I wouldnt even call it a 757 just a jet aircraft like thing in Arkia livery, but still an interesting item to be here in Pakistan.
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kashan wrote:I didnt buy it and he just had one, anyways it was a very crude interpretation of a 757 not literally like it infact I wouldnt even call it a 757 just a jet aircraft like thing in Arkia livery, but still an interesting item to be here in Pakistan.
Well good effort but good to pass on too...
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I went looking for the guy again luckily he was roaming the same area so I bought it last night for Rs.100, its quite odd looking part 757-300 part A321 small wings and tail, 777 style huge APU area, miniscule engines but like I said a nice find, seems to be official souvenier with Arkia website address and actual registration 4X-BAW of one of their 757-300 on it too, wonder if whole seller knows its illegal to import these.

As a kid I recall seeing Saudia and Pan Am 747s of such type but not PIA.
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tut, tut..
mossad working under cover in Khi ..
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ND707 wrote:tut, tut..
mossad working under cover in Khi ..
Don't be a pot stirrer on here!! :lol:
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kashan wrote:I went looking for the guy again luckily he was roaming the same area so I bought it last night for Rs.100, its quite odd looking part 757-300 part A321 small wings and tail, 777 style huge APU area, miniscule engines but like I said a nice find, seems to be official souvenier with Arkia website address and actual registration 4X-BAW of one of their 757-300 on it too, wonder if whole seller knows its illegal to import these.

As a kid I recall seeing Saudia and Pan Am 747s of such type but not PIA.
Post it's picture or two, lets see this mixed creation.... :wink:
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ConnieMan wrote:
ND707 wrote:tut, tut..
mossad working under cover in Khi ..
Don't be a pot stirrer on here!! :lol:
he had to be sarcastic on that one :lol:
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kashan wrote:I went looking for the guy again luckily he was roaming the same area so I bought it last night for Rs.100, its quite odd looking part 757-300 part A321 small wings and tail, 777 style huge APU area, miniscule engines but like I said a nice find, seems to be official souvenier with Arkia website address and actual registration 4X-BAW of one of their 757-300 on it too, wonder if whole seller knows its illegal to import these.

As a kid I recall seeing Saudia and Pan Am 747s of such type but not PIA.
I once bought a plastic A330-200 model in Karachi from a Bangladeshi guy selling stuff on the street. he sold it for RS 50.

It was actually a realstic 1:200 scale but the landing gear under the wings was fake and the fesalage was mad eof tranparent plastic-glass but ootherwise it was real in scale & shape. When i compared to my Emirates A340-500 model in the same scale it's the same comparison between a real A330-200 and A340-500
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Ran into balloon guy again and he had more of the Arkia planes so its not a rare item.
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