2007-10-22 22:26:07 · 3 answers · asked by chitiloo 1 in Travel ➔ India ➔ Other - India
On October 15, 1932, a light single-engine Puss Moth took off from Karachi on its flight to Mumbai (then known as Bombay) via Ahmedabad. At the controls of the tiny plane was Mr Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or JRD as he's popularly known as, operating the first scheduled air service in the country. He landed with his precious load of mail on a grass strip at Juhu.
Life was simple then. There were no runways, no radio facilities in the aircraft or on the ground. There were no pretty air hostesses, no aerodrome officers and no airport buildings. At Mumbai, Mr. Nevill Vintcent (a former Royal Air Force pilot who came to India from Britain) took over from Mr. Tata and flew the Puss Moth to Chennai (then known as Madras) via Bellary.
In 1933, the first full year of its operations, Tata Airlines flew 160,000 miles, carried 155 passengers and 10.71 tonnes of mail. In the next few years, Tata Airlines continued to rely for its revenue on the mail contract with the Government of India for carriage of surcharged mail, including a considerable quantity of overseas mail brought to Karachi by the Imperial Airways for destinations in India.
JRD nourished and nurtured his airline through to 1953, when the government of Jawaharlal Nehru nationalised Air India.
2007-10-22 22:53:07 · answer #1 · answered by chamkadaar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first air service in India started on October 15, 1932, when J.R.D. Tata flew a single engined De Havilland Puss Moth aircraft carrying air mail (postal mail of Imperial Airways) from Karachi's Drigh Road Aerodrome to Bombay's Juhu Airstrip via Ahmedabad. The aircraft continued to Madras via Bellary piloted by Royal Air Force pilot Nevill Vincent.
2007-10-23 08:40:59 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is it a question or is it a remark?
2007-10-23 05:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by ajitav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋