Tag: Dakota Aircraft

Efforts to transport the aircraft to Odisha were made in the last two years, too, and tender was also floated for the initiative, but the COVID-19 pandemic stalled the plan, a senior official said.

The tender documents can be downloaded from the official website of Odisha Government and submitted in the office of Director of Aviation of the State Government at Old Terminal Building in Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar.

Cuttack: The iconic Dakota aircraft flown by Biju Patnaik will soon become the cynosure of all eyes at the Anand Bhawan in the historic city Cuttack. The aircraft was used by Biju Babu to rescue Indonesia’s former Vice President and Prime Minister in 1947. The Dakota, one of the sturdiest aircrafts that is gathering dust […]

Bhubaneswar: What Bucephalus the horse meant to Alexander the Great, probably the Dakota aircraft carried the same significance in the life of legendary leader and former chief minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik. Whether it was the freedom movement of Indonesia or the severely hostile situation and crossfire in Srinagar when Biju Babu flew with a […]

The Odisha Government has already initiated process to bring back the iconic aircraft of Biju Patnaik which is lying in a dilapidated condition at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (NSCB) International Airport in Kolkata.