International Civil Aviation Day
The United Nations General Assembly had declared December 7 as the International Civil Aviation Day in the year 1996. The declaration came following the celebration of the 50th anniversary of signing the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
interesting facts about Civil Aviation in India:
1. The first commercial flight in India took place between Ahmedabad and Naini, which is a distance of six miles, on February 18 in 1911. Flight officer Henri Piquet carried 6,500 mails on a Humber biplane.
2. In December 12, 1912, the British Imperial Airways started a London-Karachi-Delhi flight. This was the first international aeroplane service in India.
3. Tata Airlines was the first private Indian aviation company. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, more popularly known as J. R. D. Tata, had set up India's first commercial carrier, Tata Airlines, for mail and passengers under a palm-thatched roof at Juhu Airstrip in Mumbai in 1932. Tata himself flew the first leg of Tata Airlines' inaugural Karachi-Madras (now Chennai) flight service.
4. The first commercial engine used in Tata Airlies was a single-engine, De Havilland Puss Moth. In the first year, Tata Airlines flew over 3,50,000 kilometre, carrying around 155 passengers and more than 10 tonnes of mails.
5. In 1945, Tata joined hands with the Nizam of Hyderabad to find Deccan Airways, India's second domestic flight operator.
6. In 1948, Prem Mathur became the first woman to operate flights as a pilot for Deccan Airways. She obtained her commercial aviation pilot license in 1947.
7. In 1990, Air India, formerly known as Tata Airlines, made it to the Guinness World Records for the largest evacuation done by a civil airline when it transported around 1,11,00 people from Amman to Mumbai in 59 days, using 488 flights, just before the Gulf War.
8. At present, India has one of the top 10 civil aviation industries in the world with 450 airports and 1,091 registered aircrafts. The Indian Civil Aviation Industry is also the fastest growing industries in the world with an annual growth rate of 18 percent and a value of 16 billion dollars.
9. The Ministry of Civil Aviation administers the functions of civil aviation in India. The ministry's responsibility does not end with only air traffic control and maintenance. It also controls the Commission of Railway Safety, which is responsible for passenger and track security in rail travel.
10, 15th October 1982 – Civil Aviation in India celebrated 50th Anniversary Department of Indian Post Proudly released stamp
Issued Date : 15.10.1982
Denomination :325 Paisa
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