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Udaipur’s first pilot passes away

UDAIPUR: The first aircraft pilot from Udaipur Ashutosh Tiwari breathed his last on Wednesday. He was 86. On November 16, 1957, he landed the Piper Super cruiser 4-seater aircraft for the first time at Udaipur’s Maharana Pratap airport.

This was the maiden commercial aircraft landing at this airport. Tiwari was a member of Rajasthan Flying Club. He authored a book titled ‘Hum ude kab, kaisey’.

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