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"You two won't pass the exam," she said, "but The woman asked where they were going, and Three scholars on the way to a civil serviceĮxamination stopped to buy refreshments from How this never occurred to me?" Later in 1946 when the company was converted into a public limited company JRD remembered this and named the company " AIR INDIA ". Near the open door JRD and Nevill Vincent were standing to receive the passengers.Īs the VIP passengers were slowly climbing up the ladder with trepidation, the ex-conductors shouted, " ஏறிண்டயா. The men carried a small stool like ladder, positioned it near the aircraft and asked the passengers to go up the ladder and board the plane. In those days there were no schools or colleges on companies training staff for airlines duties and so the company had appointed two former bus conductors at Madras. From Bombay to Madras its pilot was a Royal Air Force pilot by name Nevill Vincent with JRD as a passenger.Īt Madras they had decided to take a few VIP passengers. He also piloted the first flight, a De Havillend Puss Moth, from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad. When you look at the mirror daily you little realise that you too areĪir India is a name which all of you know. He looked at me closely, and then the thoughtless idiot asked, 'What Thisīalding, grey-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old toĪfter he had examined my teeth, I asked him if he had attended the Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. The same name had been in my high school class some 36 years ago. Thinking hard, I remembered that a tall, handsome boy with While waiting for my first appointment in the reception room of a newĭentist, I noticed his certificate hanging on the wall it gave hisįull name.