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dated October 16, 1957: Civil aviation in India

October 15, 1932, was a memorable day in the history of Civil Air Transport in India. On this day, twenty-five years ago, the first commercial air service took to the sky. The aircraft, a de Havilland Puss Moth, took off on its maiden flight from Karachi, inaugurating India’s first scheduled air service. The route flown was Karachi-Ahmedabad-Bombay and then to Madras via Bellary. Mr. J.R.D. Tata, first Indian to hold a Commercial ‘A’ licence, was at the controls on the sector Karachi-Bombay and Mr. Nevill Vintcent, an Englishman, who was with the Royal Air Force, took over from him for the flight from Bombay to Madras.

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