Grand Master of the skies
Flight engineer instructor Dhun Daruwala, who trained hundreds
of young aviators, passed away three days short of 100 years
Capt Elmo Jayawardena
Flight engineer instructor Dhun Daruwala taught most of the pilots who joined Airlanka to fly the Tristars. These fledglings went on to command big jet aeroplanes on widespread international routes. This is a remembrance of appreciation and gratitude; a recollection of times gone by lest they be forgotten.
Daruwala entered the world of aviation the hard way. He was an apprentice mechanic in Air India, baptized by the grease and spanner brigade. From there he went on to work on DC-3s and Pratt and Whitney engines as a ground engineer. He was selected to be trained as a flight engineer in......
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