Nagpur flying club to restart shortly

Nagpur:The state government on Friday told the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court that it is ready to inaugurate erstwhile Nagpur Flying Club (NFC) formally and is waiting for green signal from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The British-era flying club was lying defunct for over 14 years due to government apathy. However, due to efforts of some old club members and regular monitoring of the court the club would shortly see the light of a new day after a long hiatus.
A special division bench comprising Justices Kishor Rohee and justice S R Dongaonkar directed DGCA to provide the requisite permission within four weeks.
In an affidavit the government informed that it had already appointed Captain Mugi Dhanraj as chief flying instructor (CFI) and made two aircraft ready so that operations can be started at the earliest.
The proposal of Capt Dhanraj’s appointment was forwarded to the DGCA for approval.
“As soon as DGCA, New Delhi, gives approval for CFI’s appointment and grant us operational permission the process of induction of trainee pilots will be started as per Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR),” the affidavit stated.
The affidavit also mentioned that proposals for securing ‘Certificate of air-worthiness’ for remaining Cessna aircraft — 152VT-EUL and 152VT-EUK – were sent to senior air-worthiness officer of DGCA Bhopal on February 27.
15/03/08 Vaibhav Ganjapure/Times of India