bernd1151 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 The year is 1932, Karachi is still part of India and Mumbay carried still its former name Bombay. To be more precise it is early morning on Oct. 15th 1932 and a young Indian pilot tries to establish together with a British friend, who was a former RAF pilot, India’s first airmail service. It was first called Tata Air Service. The Indian pilot was JRD Tata, who used a DH80 Puss Moth to fly 25 kg of mail via Ahmedabad to Bombay. His British colleague Neville Vintcent was then to fly the Moss to Madras. Today we will concentrate on the first leg of this flight to Bombay. Bags are loaded and the flight has commenced Distance from Karachi to Ahmedabad is 320 nm. At first the region looks green and fertile But this will change soon Large stretches of desert make you pray not to develop engine trouble here. But shortly before Ahmedabad the area looks more pleasant again In Ahmedabad it’s time to stretch the legs and refuel the plane The last leg to Bombay will be slightly shorter with some 250 nm Bombay is massive, also already in 1932 Can someone please remove that building and the trees Landing at Juru airfield, which was in 1932 only a mud flat Tata Air Services was later renamed into Tata Airlines. It went public in 1946 and became Air India with JRD Tata as its chairman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1252 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Absolutely stunning. A great concept, well researched and informative. Unusual setting. And amazingly well done - fine old aircraft complete with paint job, and the screenies themselves are wonderful. I've been having a few flights around India/Sri Lanka recently and have mixed feelings about some of the scenery but these are looking great - I shall head in that direction and see what it looks like on my system. Thank you for thinking of this and sharing it with us. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Scott Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Very nice shots and beautiful angles!! Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldboy43 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Thanks for very nice shots. Cheers Karoly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Very nice. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Bernd, that has to be the most creative idea I've seen yet with screenshots. Informative, interesting, scenic, and entertaining. You scored a home run with these to be sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Wonderful history Bernd really enjoyed reading and looking at the screenies which came over quite well considering it is Global Base. I have done a couple of flights over India and Sri Lanka and have not enjoyed the scenery very much but it looks much more realistic when flying low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adambar Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Very well done Bernd, I enjoyed looking at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernd1151 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 16 hours ago, andy1252 said: Absolutely stunning. A great concept, well researched and informative. Unusual setting. And amazingly well done - fine old aircraft complete with paint job, and the screenies themselves are wonderful. I've been having a few flights around India/Sri Lanka recently and have mixed feelings about some of the scenery but these are looking great - I shall head in that direction and see what it looks like on my system. Thank you for thinking of this and sharing it with us. Great stuff! 15 hours ago, Doc Scott said: Very nice shots and beautiful angles!! Scott 15 hours ago, oldboy43 said: Thanks for very nice shots. Cheers Karoly 15 hours ago, Iain Emms said: Very nice. cheers Iain 9 hours ago, Jack Sawyer said: Bernd, that has to be the most creative idea I've seen yet with screenshots. Informative, interesting, scenic, and entertaining. You scored a home run with these to be sure! 2 hours ago, adambar said: Very well done Bernd, I enjoyed looking at them! 5 hours ago, VH-KDK said: Wonderful history Bernd really enjoyed reading and looking at the screenies which came over quite well considering it is Global Base. I have done a couple of flights over India and Sri Lanka and have not enjoyed the scenery very much but it looks much more realistic when flying low. Thank you all very much for your kind comments. I found this Tata story only by accident and as I already had the Puss Moth, I only had to do some more research, put the correct registration on the plane and bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyb52 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 A beautiful story set in my backyard!! Now set your heading to 140 and come down to Chennai where I am, Bernd!! Best, Lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Colbert Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Incredible story and screenshots! Well done! I've only been to Mumbai and Aurangabad for work but I found India fascinating...and it has the most delicious food I've ever experienced. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruudmeij Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 A great set of shots Bernd. Cheers, Ruud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European Mountain Man Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Super screen shots I love your sky on the first 2 screens regards stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic1 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Very Nice Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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