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*[[Indian Air Force]]
== Aviation histories==
*''Indian Airways'' by Stephen H Smith (Stephen Hector). A work in three volumes published 1926-1930 detailing the first and special flights within and through India up to March 1930. Available at the British Library: UIN: BLL01003423426
:''The World Flier’s Danger Zone'' by Stephen H. Smith. 1927. Covers the hazards of mail flights south east from Calcutta across the Bay of Bengal to Burma and Thailand. Available at the British Library: 2nd edition 1927 UIN: BLL01003423427
:For more details of Stephen H Smith, see [[Postal Service]].
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171119055941/http://www.flightglobalstudygroup.comorg.uk/Articles/pdfarchiveContent/indexTHE%20WORLD.html Flightglobal Archive "The World's First Official Post By Aeroplane Allahabad, India, Saturday 18th February 1911"]by Ken Harman www.studygroup.org, now an archived webpage. *[http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-when-the-first-british-airways-flight-landed-in-india-2019729 "When the first British Airways flight landed in India"] by Shahkar Abidi, 19 September 2014 dnaindia.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014. The first commercial flight was in 1929.*[http:The website states “The Flightglobal Archive invites you to explore 100 years of //kbhargava.com/flyingtales/aviation -in-india-a-peep-into-its-early-history as it appeared .html "Aviation in India – A Peep Into Its Early History"] by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava (Retd) May 15, 2008 kbhargava.com*[https://www.academia.edu/1742148/British_Imperial_Aviation_Bibliography_-_author_list_and_chronology British Imperial Aviation Bibliography - author list & chronology] compiled by Gordon Pirie August 2011. academia.edu. Mainly in respect of the original pages of ''Flight Magazine'' from 1909period 1919-2005”. There is a search facility1939.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/Flight_International_Magazine?sort=titleSorter ''Flight International Magazine''] Collection at Archive.org, which is Searchable as a Collection. ''Flight International'' (or ''Flight'') is a global aerospace weekly publication produced in the UK. Founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport". It is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine. Online volumes from 1909 to 1935. Missing January-June 1933.
:Examples of articles relevant to India include:
:*[httphttps://wwwarchive.flightglobal.comorg/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1911-04-22-pdf/pdfarchivepage/viewn13/1911mode/1911%20-%200356.html 1up "Flying In India", 22 April 1911]:*[httphttps://wwwarchive.flightglobal.comorg/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1912-11-09-pdf/pdfarchivepage/viewn5/1912mode/1912%20-%201018.html 2up "Aviation in India", 9 November 1912, page pages 1018], [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%201019.html 1019], [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1912/1912%20-%201020.html 1020]. Alternatively, after the first page, locate the next page on the left hand side of the screen and click on it, but at times it may be difficult to locate the correct page.:*[httphttps://wwwarchive.flightglobal.comorg/details/Flight_International_Magazine_1919-06-12-pdf/pdfarchivepage/viewn21/1919mode/1919%20-%200777.html 2up "Aviation as Affecting India", 12 June 1919, page pages 777], [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%200778.html, 778], [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%200779.html, 779]*[http://www.studygroup.org.uk/Articles/Content/THE%20WORLD.html "The World's First Official Post By Aeroplane Allahabad, India, Saturday 18th February 1911"] by Ken Harman www.studygroup.org*An Archive of online volumes to 2005 was previously available on the [httphttps://www.dnaindiaflightglobal.com/mumbaiflight-international/report-when-the-first-british-airways-flight-landedmagazine-in-india-2019729 "When archive FlightGlobal] website until the first British Airways flight landed in India"] by Shahkar Abidi, 19 September 2014 dnaindia.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014. The first commercial flight was in 1929.*[http://kbhargava.com/flyingtales/aviation-in-india-introduction of a-peep-into-its-early-historynew website format c 11 December 2019.html "Aviation in India – A Peep Into Its Early History"] by Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava It is stated that it will return, but is not available currently (Retd26 March 2020) May 15, 2008 kbhargava.com
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/65/3/197.full.pdf "E Pericoloso Sporgersi: Jodhpur to Croydon"] by Major-General D. S. Skelton ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1935;65:3 pages 197-207. Diary of a flight from Jodhpur to London, via Karachi and the Middle East, including cost details.
*[https://archive.org/details/pt-1-chariots-air-001-v-vi/Pt1ChariotsAir001v-vi/mode/2up ''Chariots of the Air''] by Harold Keates Hales 1936. Archive.org. A series of Parts, mirror from [https://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1752 STOU Digital Repository] Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, STOU website has been noticed to be unavailable at times. Possibly may be open only during "office hours". Description of a business and sightseeing trip mainly by plane from England to the East Indies and back, possibly in 1933.
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