Biju Babu’s Dakota arrives to floral welcome from Naveen
2 min readBy Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday provided a floral welcome to the enduring Dakota plane his father legendary Biju Patnaik had flown to rescue the then Indonesian Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir in April 1947.
The dismantled Dakota (DC-3) VT-AUI plane arrived right here in three trailers in the course of the night hours. The CM showered flowers to welcome it and mentioned he’s completely satisfied that Biju Babu’s historic Dakota has lastly reached Bhubaneswar.
“Biju Babu had done many daredevil acts with the help of this aircraft. The best among them was liberating the Indonesian freedom fighters from the Dutch. With him, there was only one co-pilot – my mother Gyan Patnaik,” he mentioned.
Escorted by Odisha Police, the 64.8 ft lengthy aircraft that weighs round eight tonne was introduced from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata to Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar.
The state authorities has engaged a specialised workforce to reassemble the dismantled components for show at BPIA the place the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has allotted 1.1 acre of land. Minister Ashok Panda, Transport secretary Usha Padhee, 5T secretary VK Pandian had been current amongst others.
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday provided a floral welcome to the enduring Dakota plane his father legendary Biju Patnaik had flown to rescue the then Indonesian Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir in April 1947.
The dismantled Dakota (DC-3) VT-AUI plane arrived right here in three trailers in the course of the night hours. The CM showered flowers to welcome it and mentioned he’s completely satisfied that Biju Babu’s historic Dakota has lastly reached Bhubaneswar.
“Biju Babu had done many daredevil acts with the help of this aircraft. The best among them was liberating the Indonesian freedom fighters from the Dutch. With him, there was only one co-pilot – my mother Gyan Patnaik,” he mentioned.
Escorted by Odisha Police, the 64.8 ft lengthy aircraft that weighs round eight tonne was introduced from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata to Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar.
The state authorities has engaged a specialised workforce to reassemble the dismantled components for show at BPIA the place the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has allotted 1.1 acre of land. Minister Ashok Panda, Transport secretary Usha Padhee, 5T secretary VK Pandian had been current amongst others.
