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MUMBAI: Indian aviation pioneer JRD Tata‘s name will be inducted in the ‘Memorial Wall’ of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in the US this year. The only other Indian to be inducted in the ‘Memorial Wall’, which includes names of famous aviators and astronauts, is late Kalpana Chawla, the American astronaut who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
“This year we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first airmail flight by JRD Tata. It is only befitting that his memory will be honored at the greatest aviation celebration of the world, in the dedication ceremony which will be held on July 31,” said Capt S Sabu, secretary of Indian chapter of EAA which was formed in January this year.
The EAA has more than two lakh members and hosts the largest aviation gathering of its kind in the world in Oshkosh. “Every year on the closing Sunday, the EAA Aviation Foundation hosts the Memorial Wall ceremony where new inductees are honoured. This heart-warming ceremony includes a poignant reading of inductees’ names, a breathtaking ‘Missing Man’ flight formation, and concludes with the playing of taps. The ‘Missing Man’ flight formation is a time-honoured tradition amongst aviators to honour those who are no longer with us,” Sabu said.
“This year we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first airmail flight by JRD Tata. It is only befitting that his memory will be honored at the greatest aviation celebration of the world, in the dedication ceremony which will be held on July 31,” said Capt S Sabu, secretary of Indian chapter of EAA which was formed in January this year.
The EAA has more than two lakh members and hosts the largest aviation gathering of its kind in the world in Oshkosh. “Every year on the closing Sunday, the EAA Aviation Foundation hosts the Memorial Wall ceremony where new inductees are honoured. This heart-warming ceremony includes a poignant reading of inductees’ names, a breathtaking ‘Missing Man’ flight formation, and concludes with the playing of taps. The ‘Missing Man’ flight formation is a time-honoured tradition amongst aviators to honour those who are no longer with us,” Sabu said.
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