Capt. Rahat Hussain  (Abbas Ali Collection)

PIA's veteran pilot of Rawalpindi-Gilgit route Capt. Rahat Hussain photographed with airline's Fokker F27 Friendship turboprop aircraft at Gilgit Airport in 1970s. Capt. Rahat Hussain was the first pilot in the world to complete 10,000 hours of flying on Fokker F27 Friendship aircraft and his achievement was officially recognized by Fokker Company

Capt. Rahat Hussain  (Copyright © Aamir Ahmed)

Capt. Rahat Hussain (wearing sunglasses) seen with colleagues in this photo taken in 1970. In the background is PIA Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 200 (AP-AUR). On right side of Capt. Rahat is First Officer Jamali and on left side of Capt. Rahat is Security Officer Shami. Shami later obtained his flying license and became a pilot in PIA. Faruk Ahmed - better known by his nickname Faruk Tony - is standing right behind the gentleman wearing a tie

Capt. Wicar Ahmed  (Copyright © Talib Iqbal)

Capt. Wicar Ahmed in the cockpit of a PIA Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1E. Note PIA Tridents were fitted with Boeing style control wheels replacing the Trident's normal 'ram's horns'. This allowed for commonality with Boeing 720Bs that PIA already operated.

Capt. Wicar Ahmed being one of the pioneers joined PIA in March 1959. He had a flying career of 35 years and retired in July 1994. During his flying days he flew almost all types of aircraft in PIA fleet at that time including Douglas DC-3 Dakota, Lockheed Super Constellation, Fokker F27, Trident, Boeing 720B, Boeing 707 and Airbus A300. He remained Airbus A300 instructor as well. Capt. Wicar on a number of occasions was also given responsibility to operate PIA VVIP flights for various leaders of Pakistan government