Indian Pilot Becomes 1st Woman to Fly Solo Over Atlantic

In a moment of pride for the nation, Captain Aarohi Pandit,a 23-year old pilot from Mumbai became the world's first woman to fly soloacross the Atlantic Ocean in a light sport aircraft (LSA).

She achieved the feat after flying from Wick in the UK  to the Iqaluit Airport in Canada on 13th May. The journey was divided into five parts, which included stops at Iceland and Greenland. Additionally, Pandit also became the first woman to have successfully completed a solo flight journey across Greenland Ice cap in an LSA. Aarohi is flying around the globe as part of the WE, Women Empower Expedition: the first all-female team to circumnavigate the world in an LSA.

Pandit, a commercial pilot and LSA licence holder left Indiaon the Women Empower (WE) Expedition in the tiny aircraft named 'Mahi' alongwith her friend Keithair Misquitta.

In its official statement the WE Expedition handle onTwitter commented.

23-yr-old #AarohiPandit made history when she landed in Iqaluit Airport (ICAO:CYFB) at 18.29 UTC on May 13, 2019 to become the World's First Woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sport Aircraft. #WEExpedition #WEFly #MahiVTNBF #GiveAWomanWings #AarohiLeavesAMark pic.twitter.com/YOiJrNlp9X

— WE Expedition (@WEExpedition) May 14, 2019

Interestingly, Aarohi also set a world record for flyingacross the second largest ice sheet on the planet.