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Rahul Monga: Wg Cdr Rahul Monga was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a helicopter pilot in 1990 and has almost 4,000 hours of flying to his credit, mostly in the Himalayas of North India.
A keen adventure enthusiast, he is the third person in the world to fly round the world in a single engine microlight aircraft. In the course of the expedition, he became the first Indian to fly solo across the Bering Strait as well as the formidable North Atlantic.
This expedition was a planning, logistical and bureaucratic nightmare, and required tremendous physical and mental fitness as well as a huge amount of motivation, focus and flying skills, which he believes was only possible due to the exceptional training provided by the Indian defence forces to their officers.
After the successful conclusion of the expedition, he was awarded the Presidential award of Shaurya Chakra for his display of conspicuous gallantry in the face of a highly challenging task, regardless of his personal safety.
He also has the unique distinction of being a nominee in the Aviation Week Laureate Awards 2008, one of the few of Indians to be so nominated. Now back to flying helicopters, he is thinking of, and planning, new aviation adventures all the time and seriously thinking of taking up writing as another hobby.
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