Durba banerjee singer

India At 75: At a time when society did not allow a woman to even step out of her house according to her own wish, there was a woman who did not just step out but also touched the sky, literally. Captain Durba Banerjee, a first-generation female pilot from her family,  started her aviation career flying a Dakota with Air Survey of India as a DC3 pilot in the year 1959. 

Durba had a fascination for flying planes ever since her childhood.

Even as growing up she liked planes and flying which turned into her passion. After being associated with the Air Survey of India, Captain Durba Banerjee moved to Indian Airlines in the year 1956 at Calcutta where she became the first woman commercial pilot in India. 

Apart from flying Indian Airlines, Captain Durba Banerjee also became a commander in the E27 turboprop aircraft which was a Dutch aircraft.

She also flew the Tornado A-200, Airbus 300 and Bo