PAF No.1 FCU Shenyang FT-5s at Mianwali, March 1986

[Basilisk]

Even though most post in this forum covering events from the UK, there is maybe also some interest in some of the more exotic stuff.

The following pictures are from my 1986 visit in Pakistan when spending a day with the No.1 Fighter Conversion Unit at PAF Base Mianwali.

























The PAF retired their last FT-5 in January 2012.

Thanks for looking and I hope these pictures are of interest to some.
Cheers, Peter

[Kevin Brewer]

Absolutely stunning, thank you for posting,

[POL]

Holy crap

Wow! Thank you for sharing these, absolutely incredible!

[MADWOP]

Love these old jets - they have charisma.
Class photography helps too.

[TimFoo]

Well you don't see that everyday....Thank You!!

[sjoerd]

.........speechless

[Nase101]

Superb photos, thanks for sharing.

[Canberra TT.18]

woooow

What a great pictures.
And what a great looking (classic) aircraft.

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these with us, certainly something different that we don't see on a daily basis and very interesting to see.

[SW Sky Blue]

Excellent

[ridgmeister]

Wow, what an incredible post! Excellent photos of a rarely shown subject.
Many thanks for sharing these.
Paul

[FraserP]

Superb set! Anything else like that in the archives, Basilisk?

[Amp]

Peter, thank you - what a day you had !!

[paddyboy]

Absolutely stunning, Peter

Well done and thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[ewddie]

Brilliant set off top drawer shots there, well done to get the access and opportunity.
Thanks for sharing them.

[Petepilot]

Very nice, and lots of interest here I'm sure! Many thanks for sharing - did you get the air-to-air from the back seat of an FT-5?

[NickC]

Post of the decade!

[teeonefixer]

Gosh!! Thanks Peter

[Basilisk]

Thank you all for your kind words.

Superb set! Anything else like that in the archives, Basilisk?

Plenty more from around the world.

Very nice, and lots of interest here I'm sure! Many thanks for sharing - did you get the air-to-air from the back seat of an FT-5?

Yes, I took the air-to-air pictures from an FT-5.

Cheers, Peter

[mancman]

Wow.Not what I expected to see on a wet Sunday morning in the UK! Absolutely brilliant Peter. I've just checked your Flickr page and web site.How did you manage to get such great access?