Art Deco Madras Blog

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Day-7 of , hosting along with and ._ , prompt- Fly..
Did you know that this beautiful Art Deco Building was demolished a few years ago?
The Madras Flying Club, one of the oldest aviation academies in the country, was established in Madras in October 1929 as a private club, long before passenger traffic commenced at the city's airport.
It was established by a pilot named G. Vlasto and commenced on 19 November 1929 with a meeting at the Madras Guards Institute on Poonamallee High Road. In the meeting, the then Secretary of the Aero Club of India, addressed the gathering announcing the formation of a new flying club at Madras with the financial grant from the Director of Civil Aviation. The flying club was incorporated on 4 March 1930, and, with the subsidy for commencing flying programs granted in April 1930, the flying club was formally inaugurated on 20 August 1930 by Sir George Frederick Stanley, the then Governor of Madras, who was also the first patron of the flying club.
In October 1955, the flying club celebrated its silver jubilee, under the president-ship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Image source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-flying-club-building-pulled-down/article28119993.ece/amp/
Picture source: Madras Flying Club Ltd.

The prompt for Day-7 of was FLY/FLOAT
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