Sarla Thakral (1914 -- 15 March 2008) was the first Indian woman to fly an aircraft. Born in 1914, she earned an aviation pilot license in 1936 at the age of 21 and flew a Gypsy Moth solo. She had a four - year - old daughter. After obtaining the initial licence, she persevered and completed one thousand hours of flying in the aircraft owned by the Lahore Flying Club. Her husband P.D. Sharma whom she married at 16 and comes from a family which had 9 pilots encouraged her to achieve it. While Sharma had been the first Indian to get his airmail pilot 's license, flying between Karachi and Lahore; his wife would be first woman in India to attain her ' A ' license when she accumulated over 1000 hours of flying.
first woman to fly a plane in india
Sarla Thakral