Friday, May 12, 2023

Pune’s first encounter with an aircraft: The day in 1919 when the Nighthawk lit up the skies

On the afternoon of December 21, 1919, the people of Pune (then Poona) witnessed a great novelty. That Sunday, thousands of residents saw an aeroplane in action for the first time, leaving them thrilled, mesmerised and enraptured with this flying machine – although it had the capacity to accommodate just two people.

Developed in Britain for military use and later modified as a commercial flyer, the Nighthawk was sent to India along with a couple of pilots to gauge if there was a market for aircraft here.

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