Thursday 6 August 2020

Airspeed AS.65 Consul, part five, more Asian users

The Airspeed AS.65 Consul was a British twin-engined light airliner which was conceived and manufactured in the immediate post-war period. All of them were conversions made to the Airspeed AS.10 Oxford trainer, which was based on.
A total of 162 machines were converted and it saw use all around the globe, among others, the following countries:

  • British Malaya: The Consul was the first aircraft to be operated by the, back then, newly founded Malayan Airways. At least three of them were acquired in Singapore, which was part of Malaya, in 1947. They served until 1952. 
  • Pakistan: Two Consuls saw service in Pakistan. One of them was acquired by the Government of that country in 1953 where it served until 1959. The other one was sold to a private owner, from Kenyan Hunting Aerosurveys airline, in 1959 but shortly later, on January 1st 1960 it caught fire at a hangar in Karachi and was destroyed.
  • Turkey: Two Consuls were acquired in 1946 by the Turkish Air Force to be used as VIP transports. They remained in active duty until 1952 when they were sold to the private airline Gök-Tur Sirketi. One of them crashed on 22nd November 1952.









Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Consul
2. http://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/TURKISH%20FORCES%202004/airspeed%20fotos.pdf
3. http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1923ve50/airspeed-oxford.asp
4. https://aparm.net/ap-aaa_ap-azz/ap-aga_ap-agz/ap-agk.htm
5. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
6. https://www.airhistory.net/generic-type/113/Airspeed-AS-10-40-41-42-43-46-65-Oxford-Consul

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