When it comes to flying high, the sky is certainly not the limit for Indian women. In a first, not only for the country, but also the world, Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from Mumbai created history by becoming the first woman in the world to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA). Also, Captains Aarohi Pandit and Keithair Misquitta became the first women in the world to fly a Light Sport Aircraft from India to Greenland.
Capt. Aarohi Pandit: World’s first woman to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean in a Light Sport Aircraft
Captain Aarohi Pandit completed the feat when she landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada on 13 May 2019, having flown there from Wick in the U.K. Her journey was broken into five legs, with stops at Iceland and Greenland. It also made Pandit the first female pilot in the world to successfully complete a solo flight across the Greenland ice cap in an LSA. The 23-year-old from....
