When aircrafts took to the Madras skies on metal wings
D’Angelis’ maiden flight in 1910 set in motion the aviation history of Madras. From a record-making 27-hour flight from London to Madras in a de-Havilland Dove and a night land that left the pilots “trembling like a leaf” to an air taxi that flew all the way to Burma and Alagappa Chettiar’s Jupiter Airways, the skies above Madras have surely never seen a dull moment
· 8/25/2026, 8:51:08 AM· 2 min read
D’Angelis’ maiden flight in 1910 set in motion the aviation history of Madras. From a record-making 27-hour flight from London to Madras in a de-Havilland Dove and a night land that left the pilots “trembling like a leaf” to an air taxi that flew all the way to Burma and Alagappa Chettiar’s Jupiter Airways, the skies above Madras have surely never seen a dull moment
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