Rajiv Gandhi returned to India in 1966, the year his mother became prime minister. He went to Delhi and became a member of the Flying Club, where he trained as a pilot. In 1970, he was employed as a pilot by Indian Airlines. He was employed by the Indian Airlines (now Air India) as pilot on domestic routes. He usually flew on Delhi-Jaipur route and, earned a monthly Rs 5,000. His mother, Indira Gandhi was the prime minister of the country then. Yet, he had no qualms in earning his salary as a pilot. In a TV interview, Rajiv Gandhi later said he enjoyed flying as it gave him "freedom" and took him away from routine life.
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Biju Patnaik was educated at Ravenshaw College in Odisha but, due to his interest in aviation, dropped out and trained as a pilot. Patnaik flew with private airlines but at the start of the Second World War he joined the Royal Indian Air Force. He eventually became the head of air transport command.
Biju Patnaik was hailed as a hero in Indonesia. Patnaik was conferred Indonesia’s ‘Bintang Jasa Utama’ award for the heroic role he had played when Dutch colonialists had tried to gain control over the country in 1947. An ace pilot who had started training at the Delhi Flying Club in 1930, had joined the Royal Indian Air Force in 1936. Patnaik played a significant role in the Indian freedom struggle. He had air-dropped leaflets on the Quit Indi
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, was the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He served in the IAF from 1939 until his retirement in 1973. He was the CAS at the time of Operation Chengiz Khan, countering the preemptive air strikes by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) marking the beginning of hostilities of the war. Slated to study law in England, Lal joined the Air Force Volunteer Reserve at the outbreak of World War II. After serving as a navigation instructor, he trained as a pilot and joined No. 7 Squadron IAF. He later commanded this squadron during the Burma Campaign and was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1945, he was absorbed into the permanent cadre of the Indian A