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When aircrafts took to the Madras skies on metal wings

DAngelis maiden flight in 1910 set in motion the aviation history of Madras. From a record-making 27-hour flight from London to Madras in a de-Havilland Dove and a night land that left the pilots trembling like a leaf to an air taxi that flew all the way to Burma and Alagappa Chettiars Jupiter Airways, the skies above Madras have surely never seen a dull moment

25 Aug 2026 2:21 pm