Durga Banarjee

Banerjee started her aviation career flying a Dakota with Air Survey of India as a DC3 pilot in 1959.

She moved on to join Indian Air Lines at the Calcutta base in 1966 and later retired in November, 1988.^{[citation needed]} It is heard that when she first approached then Central Aviation Minister Mr.Humayun Kabir to apply as a commercial pilot he was reluctant and instead offered her the post of a flight attendant.^{[citation needed]}

She has to her credit the most flying hours with 18500 hrs.^{[citation needed]}

• She became a Commander in the F27 turbo prop Aircraft
• With the arrival of the B737 200 series she got herself type rated as a Jet Pilot to fly the Boeing737
• She also flew the Airbus 300.

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