<P> Sarla Thakral ( 1914 -- 15 March 2008 ) was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft . Born in 1914 , she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo . She had a four - year - old daughter . After obtaining the initial licence , she persevered and completed one thousand hours of flying in the aircraft owned by the Lahore Flying Club . Her husband P.D. Sharma whom she married at 16 and comes from a family which had 9 pilots encouraged her to achieve it . While Sharma had been the first Indian to get his airmail pilot 's license , flying between Karachi and Lahore ; his wife would be first woman in India to attain her ' A ' license when she accumulated over 1000 hours of flying . </P>
<P> Sarla Thakral ( 1914 -- 15 March 2008 ) was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft . Born in 1914 , she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo . She had a four - year - old daughter . After obtaining the initial licence , she persevered and completed one thousand hours of flying in the aircraft owned by the Lahore Flying Club . Her husband P.D. Sharma whom she married at 16 and comes from a family which had 9 pilots encouraged her to achieve it . While Sharma had been the first Indian to get his airmail pilot 's license , flying between Karachi and Lahore ; his wife would be first woman in India to attain her ' A ' license when she accumulated over 1000 hours of flying . </P>
first woman to fly a plane in india
first woman to fly a plane in india
Sarla Thakral
Sarla Thakral