101 Seconds
Podcast |
Plane Tales
Publisher |
Capt Nick
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Aviation
Comedy
History
Publication Date |
Jan 09, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:20:48
The pride of the Air India fleet, their first Boeing 747 was named after the Emperor Ashoka. The first of the Maharaja-themed aircraft it epitomised luxury and was, “Your palace in the sky.” On this New Year's day, however, its flight would last only a few seconds. The Emperor Ashoka Boeing 747   The cockpit   The Engineer's station.   The interior of a Maharaja-themed Air India aircraft   The famous Jharokha styled windows   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Air India PR, Oliver Cleynen, Snowdog, Mitchel Gilliand, Shahram Sharifi, Dharma and Searchtrail67.
The pride of the Air India fleet, their first Boeing 747 was named after the Emperor Ashoka. The first of the Maharaja-themed aircraft it epitomised luxury and was, “Your palace in the sky.” On this New Year's day, however, its flight would last only a few seconds. The Emperor Ashoka Boeing 747   The cockpit   The Engineer's station.   The interior of a Maharaja-themed Air India aircraft   The famous Jharokha styled windows   Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Air India PR, Oliver Cleynen, Snowdog, Mitchel Gilliand, Shahram Sharifi, Dharma and Searchtrail67.

The pride of the Air India fleet, their first Boeing 747 was named after the Emperor Ashoka. The first of the Maharaja-themed aircraft it epitomised luxury and was, “Your palace in the sky.” On this New Year’s day, however, its flight would last only a few seconds.

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The Emperor Ashoka Boeing 747

 

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The cockpit

 

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The Engineer’s station.

 

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The interior of a Maharaja-themed Air India aircraft

 

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The famous Jharokha styled windows

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Air India PR, Oliver Cleynen, Snowdog, Mitchel Gilliand, Shahram Sharifi, Dharma and Searchtrail67.

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