GK
DAYS AND YEARS
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1879
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1907
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1911
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 18, 1911, French pilot Henri Pequet (1888-1974) carried the first official mail flown by airplane. The flight occurred in India. Pequet carried a sack with about 6, 000 cards and letters on his Humber biplane.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first commercial aviation flight in India took place on 18 February 1911. It was a brief demonstration flight of about 15 minutes from the United Provinces Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition in Allahabad, across the Yamuna River to Naini, a distance of 9.7 kilometres (6 mi).
Detailed explanation-3: -Around 5 PM on February 18, 1911, 23-year-old French pilot Henri Pequet loaded a special mail bag with a limited number of 6, 500 cards and letters on a two-seater bi-plane stationed at a polo field in Allahabad and soared into the evening sky.