Wings of Duty

Wings of Duty — Page 38

Syed Muhammad Ahmad 38 every day. I did this in case conditions deteriorated and petrol was no longer available in Lahore. This way, the community would have a sufficient stock of fuel in case of emergency and our plane would not be stranded in Qadian. The second thing I want to mention is that there was a young Hindu man in Lahore who had completed his flight training and longed to join one of the main Indian airlines. He also owned an L-5. Since his training was done, he wanted to sell his plane to us. Though its engine was in a somewhat worse condition than the one in our plane, having flown 300 more hours, he was still asking Rs 5000 for it and was not willing to lower his price. Finally, with Huzoor’s consent, I accepted his offer and we purchased the plane for the community. He handed it over to our possession, but said that he would provide the registration papers once he had received his payment. Unfortunately, due to growing unrest in Lahore, he left for India before we were able to pay him. Later, when I told the CAA in Pakistan about this, they issued new registration papers to us. In this way, a second L-5 was obtained by the community at no cost at all. Third, just as we had acquired a second plane, Deputy Muhammad Latif resigned from his job in