Giribala Mohanty
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Giribala Mohanty was an Indian aviator. She was the first female aviator from Odisha,[2][3] and the first to have a license to fly a private aircraft.[4] She was invited to join the other female aviators in 1967 Convention organised by the Ninety-Nine Inc., the International Women Pilots Association at Washington, D.C.[1] There she joined the other female aviators in a conducted flying tour of the United States.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Asian Labour. 1967.
- ^ Orissa reference: glimpses of Orissa. TechnoCAD Systems. 2001. p. 138.
- ^ Panda, P.R. (December 2009). "Women and Empowerment" (PDF). Orissa Review.
- ^ Rexford, Cheryl (15 July 1967). "Foreign Women Pilots They Fly Airliners, Gliders, Even Sets". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ Enlite. Light Publications. 1968.