• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    16 days ago

    Born in 1914, she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo. After obtaining the initial license, she persevered and completed one thousand hours of flying in the aircraft owned by the Lahore Flying Club.

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      16 days ago

      My bad, I skipped right to the career subsection where it says she didn’t obtain a commercial license.

      Sarla abandoned her plans to become a commercial pilot, returning to Lahore and attending the Mayo School of Art where she trained in the Bengal school of painting, obtaining a diploma in fine arts.