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Assam’s First Lady Pilot Flies Again After 64 Years

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00:00That's Assam's first lady pilot who flew again after 64 years.
00:05Dheera Chaliha Hazarika in her traditional Muga Mekla Sadur recently took off in a vintage World War II Tiger Moth over Berkshire, UK.
00:13Flying alongside Captain John Tal, she reconnected with the passion that defined her youth.
00:18Her journey reportedly began in 1959, when her father spotted an ad in the Assam Tribune inviting applications for six fully funded pilot training scholarships by the Assam Flying Club.
00:28According to reports, he encouraged Dheera to apply and soon she was training in the skies of Assam.
00:34At 21, she reportedly became the first Assamese woman to fly solo.
00:38Villagers in Azara are said to have gathered to witness history as she landed her plane, an extraordinary feat at a time when women were rarely allowed beyond the kitchen.
00:47Though she never pursued a commercial license after marriage and later moved to London, Dheera's recent flight at 85 showed that her passion never faded.
00:58that's the only thing to follow.
01:00She didn't want to confess and repeat her mood but she never took off in the past.
01:03The 1st of her website has her journey with the first official Al-Farma of the Setsam.
01:06The건윽�� is the first Al-Fassus, Matthew.
01:08The 1st of her site has been discovered.
01:10The 1st of her site has been discovered by the 2009 Al-Farma of the Setsam which was created by Hotline for the mysterious and former.
01:13The 2nd of her site was created by the Salami-Mokal, who was created by theούs of the 2nd of her site as a historical and more leather.
01:15The 3rd of her site is the 1st of her site has been discovered and에는 the installation of the 4th of her site's Lucky.
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