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Thursday, 16 June 2016

India’s first ‘Mach’ women to take wing tomorrow

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The three ladies, in their mid 20s, are set to make history as India's first ladies military pilots when they will be appointed on Saturday. 

One longed for flying like a feathered creature since adolescence, another needed to bear on the family legacy of flying, and a third one started to favor a deep rooted profession as a pilot since novice flying in school. The three ladies, in their mid 20s, are set to make history as India's first ladies military pilots when they will be dispatched on Saturday. 

Flight Cadets Avani Chaturvedi from Madhya Pradesh, Bhawana Kanth from Bihar and Mohana Singh from Rajasthan are presently experiencing Stage-II preparing on Kiran Intermediate Jet Trainers at Hakimpet Air Force station in Hyderabad. When they go out at the Combined Graduation Parade Spring Term 2016 on Saturday, the three will start propelled preparing on cutting edge plane coach Hawks. It will take an additional 145 hours on the Hawks for right around a year prior to they would really get into the cockpit of a supersonic contender. 

Last October, the administration chose to open the warrior stream for ladies on a test premise for a long time. Be that as it may, battle parts in the Army and the Navy are still beyond reach because of a mix of operational concerns and logistical requirements. 

"Joining the Indian Air Force for flying was a fantasy imparted by guardians and grandparents," says Ms. Mohana Singh, whose father is with the IAF and granddad is as yet serving as a flight heavy weapons specialist in the Aviation Research Center. 

Ms. Chaturvedi, from Satna in Madhya Pradesh, was propelled by the life of Army officers in her family. 



Says Ms. Kanth from Darbhanga in Bihar: "It was my fantasy to fly like a free winged animal since my youth which roused me to join the Indian Air Force… It is my expect to end up a decent military pilot and battle for the country and make my folks glad."