Platinum jubilee celebrations of Flying Instructors’ School at Tambaram held

Flying Instructors' School at Air Force Station, Tambaram celebrated its platinum jubilee with International Pilot Training Symposium, aerial display & unveiling of 'smriti sthal'. Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari was the chief guest. Est. 1948, the school provides Qualified Flying Instructors Courses to IAF & friendly foreign countries. Inauguration of Heritage Hall held on Nov 3.

The Flying Instructors’ School at Air Force Station, Tambaram held the platinum jubilee celebrations on November 3 and 4 on the completion of 75 years.

The celebrations included an International Pilot Training Symposium, aerial display by aircraft and also the unveiling of ‘smriti sthal’, according to a press release. The chief guest for the occasion was Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force.

The school was launched with just a Tiger Moth aircraft and Harvard aircraft way back on April 1, 1948. Later, the school was shifted to the existing location in Tambaram on October 10, 1954. The school organises Qualified Flying Instructors Courses to pilots of Indian Air Force and also for those from the friendly foreign countries. On November 3, the inauguration of the Flying Instructors’ School’s Heritage Hall was held, the release said.