| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | | Date: Aug-57 |
Artwork Located:
Officer's Mess Air Headquarters Islamabad
Description:
The silver Freighters with a blue fuselage line and green propeller spinners belonged to No 12 VIP Squadron. The camouflaged Freighters with the red spinners flew with No 6 Squadron, while the Transport Conversion Squadron had their spinners painted brown.
Officer's Mess Air Headquarters Islamabad
Description:
The silver Freighters with a blue fuselage line and green propeller spinners belonged to No 12 VIP Squadron. The camouflaged Freighters with the red spinners flew with No 6 Squadron, while the Transport Conversion Squadron had their spinners painted brown.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | | Date: Nov-49 |
Artwork Located:
Base Commander's Office PAF Peshawar
Description:
Even as a young Flying Officer, Fuad Shahid Hussain's incredible mastery in low level aerobatics became legendary in the PAF. Manoeuvring just a few feet above the ground in a Hawker Fury, his propeller wash kicking up dust on the runway, or just missing the tree tops in a graceful 8-point roll, he made it all look like child's play. By the early 1950s he was a rapidly rising star - now known by thousands throughout Pakistan as just "F.S." - and a role model of every fighter pilot in the air force. Tragically, "the prince of pilots" lost his life to diabetes at the young age of 40, when he was an Air Commodore.
Base Commander's Office PAF Peshawar
Description:
Even as a young Flying Officer, Fuad Shahid Hussain's incredible mastery in low level aerobatics became legendary in the PAF. Manoeuvring just a few feet above the ground in a Hawker Fury, his propeller wash kicking up dust on the runway, or just missing the tree tops in a graceful 8-point roll, he made it all look like child's play. By the early 1950s he was a rapidly rising star - now known by thousands throughout Pakistan as just "F.S." - and a role model of every fighter pilot in the air force. Tragically, "the prince of pilots" lost his life to diabetes at the young age of 40, when he was an Air Commodore.
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | | Date: 1951 |
Artwork Located:
Air War College - PAF Faisal
Description:
The first formation aerobatic team, formed by No 9 Squadron on its Furies, was called 'The Red Dragons'. The painting shows the team performing officially for the first time in 1951 at Peshawar. The occasion was the farewell ceremonies for the PAF's outgoing C-in-C, Air Vice-Marshal R L R Atcherley. 'The Red Dragons' thus gained the honour of being the first aerobatic team in the Indo-Pak subcontinent.
The Team:
Squadron Leader Zafar Chaudhry
Flight Lieutenant Saeedullah Khan
Flying Officer T H Gotting
Flying Officer M Hayat Khan
Air War College - PAF Faisal
Description:
The first formation aerobatic team, formed by No 9 Squadron on its Furies, was called 'The Red Dragons'. The painting shows the team performing officially for the first time in 1951 at Peshawar. The occasion was the farewell ceremonies for the PAF's outgoing C-in-C, Air Vice-Marshal R L R Atcherley. 'The Red Dragons' thus gained the honour of being the first aerobatic team in the Indo-Pak subcontinent.
The Team:
Squadron Leader Zafar Chaudhry
Flight Lieutenant Saeedullah Khan
Flying Officer T H Gotting
Flying Officer M Hayat Khan
| Size: 2ft x 3ft Oil | | Date: 1952 |
Artwork Located:
Ministry of Defence
Description:
In 1952, No 11 Squadron, Drigh Road (now Faisal) Air Base, formed an aerobatic team with the curious name "The Paybills," that happened to be the squadron's call sign. This was the PAF's first jet aerobatic team, flying the squadron's Attackers. The painting shows the formation flying over Manora. This team was led by F S Hussain, the renowned flyer and aerial acrobat of his time.
The Team:
Squadron Leader F S Hussain
Flight Lieutenant M Z Masud
Flight Lieutenant Pete Malik
Flying Officer A U Ahmed
Pilot Officer Jamal A Khan
Ministry of Defence
Description:
In 1952, No 11 Squadron, Drigh Road (now Faisal) Air Base, formed an aerobatic team with the curious name "The Paybills," that happened to be the squadron's call sign. This was the PAF's first jet aerobatic team, flying the squadron's Attackers. The painting shows the formation flying over Manora. This team was led by F S Hussain, the renowned flyer and aerial acrobat of his time.
The Team:
Squadron Leader F S Hussain
Flight Lieutenant M Z Masud
Flight Lieutenant Pete Malik
Flying Officer A U Ahmed
Pilot Officer Jamal A Khan
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