2019-12-07 Sat

The day of 7th December is has been proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in the year 1996 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of signing the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The purpose of the day is to recognize the importance of aviation, especially international air travel, to the social and economic development of the world.

In 1901 something was accomplished that hadn’t happened in the history of mankind, a man flew upon a glider and covered a respectable distance in a manmade device that was not held aloft by lighter-than-air gas. International Civil Aviation Day celebrates the science, art, and sport of aviation that grew out of this initial glide and the men and women who push the frontiers of it today.

Civil aviation has ushered in immense benefits to India in the last fifty years. From a very modest beginning in the thirties when the first efforts were made to start air services in the country, civil aviation has progressed to a level where it has become a vital link in the country's overall transportation system. India's two flag carriers, Air India and Indian Airlines, between them today carry nearly eight million passengers a year.

The stamp shown above is designed by Air India and depicts J.R.D. Tata against the background of his aircraft 'Puss Moth' which was flown by him on 15 Oct 1932 from Karachi to Bombay which was the first flight of India and the beginning of the Civil Aviation of the country.

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