The First Female Pilot of Assam- Dhira Chaliha Hazarika

The first female pilot of Assam Ms Dhira Chaliha Hazarika

The woman who flies to Assam during the winter season…

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…and then flies back to her summer home London in May

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She became the first pilot of Assam at the age of 21, in 1961

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Her father was the inspiration that made her fly those wings

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Her training started at the Gauhati airport at Borjhar where the flight officer from Delhi trained her

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Her first solo flight was from Borjhar to Tezpur in the year 1961

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She worked really hard for her commercial pilot license but just when she was about to get it, she got married and settled down in London

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