A Little More than Fun on Sunday! Pragathi Central School organized a field-trip to Flying Aviation Academy, led by Chief flight instructor Captain Mamatha. Captain Mamatha is the first lady Chief Instructor of India. Students were brought here to practically understand aviation concepts as our school believes that students understand only by the hands on principle. Students were first led into a classroom by Captain Neel Patel, flying instructor, to make them interested about aviation. He patiently explained that an ‘aircraft’ is anything that can sustain in the air with the help of air. Whereas an airplane has wings, an engine and can fly in the air. Another model is the rotary wings aircraft which is commonly known as the helicopter. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade was the first person to invent a successful aircraft, not Wright brothers, and named the aircraft Marthusakha. The aircraft flew at the altitude of 1500m for 15 minutes at Juhu beach, Bombay in 1895. But the