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A Daughter Of India Soon To Touch The Stars. ISRO, Government Determined
India's space odyssey is poised to take a historic leap forward, one that would include the country's daughters among its astronauts.
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'Wings Of Gold' For Sub Lt Astha Poonia, 1st Woman Fighter Pilot In Navy: 5 Points
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to enter the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Navy. She may fly the MiG-29K one day. Women are already serving as pilots and officers in maritime reconnaissance roles in the Indian Navy.
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Sub Lt Astha Poonia Becomes 1st Woman To Be Trained As Navy Fighter Pilot
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy. She may eventually fly the MiG-29K or the naval version of the Rafale fighter jet off India's aircraft carriers.
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Mohana Singh Becomes First Woman Fighter Pilot In LCA Tejas Fighter Fleet
Squadron Leader Mohana Singh has become the first woman fighter pilot to join the elite 18 'Flying Bullets' squadron, operating India's indigenously 'Made in India' LCA Tejas fighter jet's squadron.
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Sub-Lt Anamika Rajeev Becomes Indian Navy's 1st Woman Helicopter Pilot
Sub-Lieutenant Anamika B Rajeev has become the Indian Navy's first woman helicopter pilot after she received the prestigious "Golden Wings" at the passing-out parade at a naval air station in Tamil Nadu's Arakkonam.
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UK Woman Pilot Recreates Flight Of British Indian Spy Noor Inayat Khan
Noor Inayat Khan was born in 1914 in Moscow to an American poet mother and an Indian Sufi teacher father.
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IAF's Only Woman Pilot Of C-17 Aircraft Brings Back Indians From Sudan
Flight Lieutenant Har Raj Kaur Boparai, IAF's first and only woman pilot of the heavy-lift transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster, has taken part in Operation Kaveri.
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India's 1st Woman Rafale Pilot Part Of Air Force Team In France Exercise
Indian Air Force's first female pilot to fly the Rafale combat aircraft is part of the Indian Air Force contingent taking part in multinational Exercise Orion in France.
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Indian-Origin Woman Dead In Plane Crash In New York Area, Daughter Critical
Roma Gupta, 63, and her daughter Reeva Gupta, 33, were on board the small plane on Sunday as its pilot reported smoke in the cockpit before crashing near Long Island homes, NBC New York TV channel reported.
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Meet Avani Chaturvedi, 1st Woman Pilot To Take Part In War Games Abroad
An Indian Air Force woman fighter pilot, squadron leader Avani Chaturvedi, will be part of the country's contingent for the aerial wargames to be held with outside India.
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Indian Woman Pilot Gets Place In US Museum For Flight Over North Pole
A senior Air India pilot of aircraft Boeing-777, who is the first Indian woman pilot to fly an aircraft above the North pole, covering a record-breaking distance of around 16,000 Kilometres, made her place in SFO aviation museum on Friday.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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Meet Captain Abhilasha Barak, First Woman Combat Pilot In Army Aviation
Captain Abhilasha Barak has created history by becoming the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator.
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The 24-Year-Old Pilot Who Evacuated Over 800 Indian Students From Ukraine
Mahasweta Chakraborty, a pilot from Kolkata has played a crucial role in bringing back Indian students stranded in war-hit Ukraine. She flew six flights to evacuate more than 800 students.
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India's 1st Woman Rafale Pilot Shivani Singh In R-Day Air Force Tableau
The country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday. She is only the second woman fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau.
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A Daughter Of India Soon To Touch The Stars. ISRO, Government Determined
India's space odyssey is poised to take a historic leap forward, one that would include the country's daughters among its astronauts.
-
'Wings Of Gold' For Sub Lt Astha Poonia, 1st Woman Fighter Pilot In Navy: 5 Points
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to enter the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Navy. She may fly the MiG-29K one day. Women are already serving as pilots and officers in maritime reconnaissance roles in the Indian Navy.
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Sub Lt Astha Poonia Becomes 1st Woman To Be Trained As Navy Fighter Pilot
Sub Lieutenant Astha Poonia has become the first woman to be trained as a fighter pilot of the Indian Navy. She may eventually fly the MiG-29K or the naval version of the Rafale fighter jet off India's aircraft carriers.
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Mohana Singh Becomes First Woman Fighter Pilot In LCA Tejas Fighter Fleet
Squadron Leader Mohana Singh has become the first woman fighter pilot to join the elite 18 'Flying Bullets' squadron, operating India's indigenously 'Made in India' LCA Tejas fighter jet's squadron.
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Sub-Lt Anamika Rajeev Becomes Indian Navy's 1st Woman Helicopter Pilot
Sub-Lieutenant Anamika B Rajeev has become the Indian Navy's first woman helicopter pilot after she received the prestigious "Golden Wings" at the passing-out parade at a naval air station in Tamil Nadu's Arakkonam.
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UK Woman Pilot Recreates Flight Of British Indian Spy Noor Inayat Khan
Noor Inayat Khan was born in 1914 in Moscow to an American poet mother and an Indian Sufi teacher father.
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IAF's Only Woman Pilot Of C-17 Aircraft Brings Back Indians From Sudan
Flight Lieutenant Har Raj Kaur Boparai, IAF's first and only woman pilot of the heavy-lift transport aircraft C-17 Globemaster, has taken part in Operation Kaveri.
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India's 1st Woman Rafale Pilot Part Of Air Force Team In France Exercise
Indian Air Force's first female pilot to fly the Rafale combat aircraft is part of the Indian Air Force contingent taking part in multinational Exercise Orion in France.
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Indian-Origin Woman Dead In Plane Crash In New York Area, Daughter Critical
Roma Gupta, 63, and her daughter Reeva Gupta, 33, were on board the small plane on Sunday as its pilot reported smoke in the cockpit before crashing near Long Island homes, NBC New York TV channel reported.
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Meet Avani Chaturvedi, 1st Woman Pilot To Take Part In War Games Abroad
An Indian Air Force woman fighter pilot, squadron leader Avani Chaturvedi, will be part of the country's contingent for the aerial wargames to be held with outside India.
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Indian Woman Pilot Gets Place In US Museum For Flight Over North Pole
A senior Air India pilot of aircraft Boeing-777, who is the first Indian woman pilot to fly an aircraft above the North pole, covering a record-breaking distance of around 16,000 Kilometres, made her place in SFO aviation museum on Friday.
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Why India Produces Twice As Many Women Airline Pilots As The US
Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman fly.
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Meet Captain Abhilasha Barak, First Woman Combat Pilot In Army Aviation
Captain Abhilasha Barak has created history by becoming the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as Combat Aviator.
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The 24-Year-Old Pilot Who Evacuated Over 800 Indian Students From Ukraine
Mahasweta Chakraborty, a pilot from Kolkata has played a crucial role in bringing back Indian students stranded in war-hit Ukraine. She flew six flights to evacuate more than 800 students.
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India's 1st Woman Rafale Pilot Shivani Singh In R-Day Air Force Tableau
The country's first woman Rafale fighter jet pilot Shivangi Singh was part of the Indian Air Force tableau at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday. She is only the second woman fighter jet pilot to be part of the IAF tableau.
