| FROM THE EDITORS DESK- Twenty Eighth Issue, March 2012 |
| Hi Guys! Sixty one year old Laxman Kokate who retired as the Deputy
Director of Higher Education of Maharashtra State is an example of
sheer self-confidence and the urge to pursue a childhood
passion.61-year-old Laxman Kokate who is the oldest gliding pilot
being trained at the Gliding Centre, Pune under the Director General
of Civil Aviation, flew solo for the first time on January 25.He
registered himself as a student a day after his retirement as a class
one Officer of the Government. |
| “Flying gives you a different kind of high altogether. On
my first flight, I felt like a bird up in the sky,” he shares with a
smile. Every time that he soars up in his L-23 Super Blanik glider, he
views his city in a different way. Nervousness was not a part of his
first flight. “I made sure that I fully understood all the
technicalities. Once that knowledge was in place, confidence followed
automatically. Flying was always a passion for me; I never viewed it
with a nervous eye,” he said.
On completing 25 flights with two hours of flying at a stretch
everyday, Kokate will be a licensed pilot. “I want to fly for pleasure
once I am licensed,” he says |
| To pursue a childhood dream and passion against all odds
needs lot of courage and Kokate has taught us how valuable our gift of
life is. |
| Aviation itself started as a passion of two young Wright
brothers way back in the 1903.The Wright brothers were the first to
fly in a powered and controlled aircraft. Previous flights were
gliders (control but no power) or free flight (power but no control),
but the Wright brothers combined both, setting the new standard in
aviation records. Following this, the widespread adoption of ailerons
rather than wing warping made aircraft much easier to control, and
only a decade later, at the start of World War I, heavier-than-air
powered aircraft had become practical for reconnaissance, artillery
spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.
Aircraft began to transport people and cargo as designs grew larger
and more reliable mode of transport. |
| So it is the unflinching passion to DO and pursue against ALL
ODDS which is the real sign of human spirit.HAIL THE SPIRIT OF MAN
!!!! |
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| Aryama Sanyal |
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