Meet Avani, first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

Meet Avani, first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

Context:

Flying Officer Avani Chaturvedi has become the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo

Details:

• She flew a MiG-21 Bison
• She undertook the sortie from IAF’s Jamnagar base
• Three women pilots — Ms. Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh — had undergone strenuous training programme to fly fighter jets.
• They were commissioned as Flying Officers in July 2016