BY -Debapriya Ghosh
Durba Banerjee, the first woman pilot in Indian aviation history, started her career flying a Dakota as an Air Survey pilot in 1959. She joined Indian Air Lines in 1966.
Padma Bandyopadhyay is First woman Air Vice Marshal to IAF in 2002. She is also engaged in under mentioned designation………………………
1. First woman officer to complete theDefence Services Staff College
2.First woman to qualify as an aviation medicine specialist.
3. First Indian to go to North Pole as part of an Indo-Russian project in 1989-90 to evaluate physiological and psychological problems associated with extremely cold temperature.
4. First woman officer to be awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM).
1. First woman officer to complete the
2.First woman to qualify as an aviation medicine specialist.
3. First Indian to go to North Pole as part of an Indo-Russian project in 1989-90 to evaluate physiological and psychological problems associated with extremely cold temperature.
4. First woman officer to be awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM).
Capt.(Ms) Chameli Keottapalli has become the first lady commander of Air India Express.
In 1988, Captain Saudamini Deshmukh became the first Indian woman captain to command a Boeing 737. She also became the first Indian woman to command the Airbus A320 in 1994. Capt Deshmukh joined erstwhile Indian Airlines in 1980 as a co-pilot on the Fokker F27 Friendship turboprop aircraft.
The mighty IL-76 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force will have a woman for the first time in its cockpit. Squadron leader Veena Saharan has become the first woman.
Flying Officer Gunjan Saxena:First indian woman to fly in war zone of kargil in 1999 . Flying Officer Gunjan Saxena is among the few women pilots in the IAF. Saxena was the first Woman IAF Officer to fly in a Combat Zone when she took part in the Kargil conflict, co-pilot to fly the aircraft breaking yet another gender barrier.
