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When Tata was in tour, he was inspired by his friend’s father, pioneer [[Louis Blériot]], the first Man to across the Channel, and took to flying. On 10 February 1929, Tata obtained the first license issued in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bombay Flying Club First Annual Report |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%200670.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=1 August 1929 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}</ref>
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When Tata was in tour, he was inspired by his friend’s father, pioneer [[Louis Blériot]], the first Man to across the Channel, and took to flying. On 10 February 1929, Tata obtained the first license issued in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bombay Flying Club First Annual Report |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%200670.html |work=[[Flight Global]] |date=1 August 1929 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}</ref>
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He later came to be known as the father of Indian [[civil aviation]]. He founded India’s first commercial airline, Tata Airlines in 1932, which became [[Air India]] in 1946, now India’s national airline. He and [[Nevill Vintcent]] worked together in building [[Tata Airlines]]. They were also good friends. In 1929, J. R. D became one of the first Indians to be granted a commercial ‘s license. In 1932 Tata Aviation Service, the forerunner to Tata Airline and Air India, took to the skies.{{cn|date=December 2020}} That same year he flew the first commercial mail flight to [[Juhu]] , in a
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He later came to be known as the father of Indian [[civil aviation]]. He founded India’s first commercial airline, Tata Airlines in 1932, which became [[Air India]] in 1946, now India’s national airline. He and [[Nevill Vintcent]] worked together in building [[Tata Airlines]]. They were also good friends. In 1929, J. R. D became one of the first Indians to be granted a commercial ‘s license. In 1932 Tata Aviation Service, the forerunner to Tata Airline and Air India, took to the skies.{{cn|date=December 2020}} That same year he flew the first commercial mail flight to [[Juhu]] , in a de Havilland Puss Moth.<ref>{{cite web | title=Juhu aerodrome: Is India’s first civil set to rise again? | website=Yahoo News India | url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/juhu-aerodrome-indias-first-civil-075449079.html | access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>
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The first flight in the History of Indian aviation{{clarify|date=December 2020}} lifted off from [[Drigh railway station|Drigh ]] in [[Karachi]] with J. R. D at the controls of a Puss .{{when|date=December 2020}} J. R. D nourished and nurtured his airline baby through to 1953, when the government of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] nationalised Air India. It was a decision J. R. D had fought against tooth and nail.{{cn|date=December 2020}}
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The first flight in the History of Indian aviation{{clarify|date=December 2020}} lifted off from [[Drigh railway station|Drigh ]] in [[Karachi]] with J. R. D at the controls of a Puss .{{when|date=December 2020}} J. R. D nourished and nurtured his airline baby through to 1953, when the government of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] nationalised Air India. It was a decision J. R. D had fought against tooth and nail.{{cn|date=December 2020}}
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