Captain Zoya becomes 1st Indian female pilot to be added to US Aviation Museum

Captain Zoya becomes 1st Indian female pilot to be added to US Aviation Museum

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Category : International Published on: August 22 2022

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  • Captain Zoya Agarwal, a senior Air India pilot of aircraft Boeing-777, who is the first Indian woman pilot to fly an aircraft above the North pole, covering a record-breaking distance of around 16,000 Kilometres, made her place in SFO aviation museum.
  • She is the only human to have found a place as a pilot in the San Francisco Aviation Luis A Turpen Aviation museum which is commonly known as SFO Aviation Museum
  • In 2021 for the first time, an all-women pilot team of Air India led by Zoya Agarwal covered the world's longest air route from San Franciso (SFO) in the United States of America to Bengaluru city in India, covering the North Pole.
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