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'''Durba Banerjee''' was the first Indian woman commercial pilot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iaf00.tripod.com/airwomen.html|title=Indian Women in Aviation, Japanese Airforce|website=iaf00.tripod.com|access-date=2015-03-10|archive-date=2017-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923154337/http://iaf00.tripod.com/airwomen.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/first-indian-woman-to-command-jet-engine-aircraft-retires/598384/|title=First Indian woman to command jet engine aircraft retires - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=2015-03-10|archive-date=2015-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116052939/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/first-indian-woman-to-command-jet-engine-aircraft-retires/598384|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-youngworld/one-hundred-years-of-flying-high/article2587830.ece|title=One hundred years of flying high|first=Murali N.|last=Krishnaswamy|newspaper=The Hindu|date=1 November 2011|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103110042/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-youngworld/one-hundred-years-of-flying-high/article2587830.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
As a child while growing up Banerjee liked planes and flying, becoming a pilot was her passion. She was the first woman of her times to break stereotypes and venture into this field.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Banerjee started her aviation career flying an aircraft with Air Survey India as a DC3 pilot in 1959.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History of Airlines|url=http://ashwinnaik.com/blog/history-of-airlines-in-india/|accessdate=10 March 2015|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225120418/http://ashwinnaik.com/blog/history-of-airlines-in-india/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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She has to her credit the most flying hours with 9000 hrs.<ref>[http://indiaconsole.com/durga-banerjee.html%5B%5D Durba Banerjee]{{Dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref><br />
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* She became a Commander in the F27 turboprop aircraft <ref name="History"/><br />
* With the arrival of the B737 200 series she got herself type rated as a Jet Pilot<br />
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