Lest we forget our "Malabar Princess"!
Few details of Air India's maiden international flight:
Date: June 8, 1948
Departure time: 00:05
Aircraft: VT-CQP, 40-seater, Lockheed Constellation
Departure from: Bombay's Santa Cruz airport
For: London Via Cairo-Geneva
Capt. KR Guzder (Bombay-Cairo) & Capt. DK Jatar (Cairo-Geneva-London)
Passengers on board: 35
Fare: Rs.1720 (Bombay-London)
Picture (1) shows Mr VK Krishna Menon, then High Commissioner for India in the UK, greeting JRD Tata and his wife, Ms Thelma Tata on arrival of the inaugural flight at London airport, (2) Capt. KR Guzder being interviewed by Hamid Sayani of All India Radio, and (3) Capt. DK Jatar.
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