Patient: Doctor, I have a problem with my throat.
Doctor: Go into the next room and undress. I'll be there in a minute.
Patient: But, doctor, it's only my throat!
Doctor: Do as I say. Just get into the next room and undress.
So the patient went in and undressed. While he was sitting there in his shorts, he looked around. He saw another man sitting there in his shorts also, but with a big package in his hands. Intrigued the patient tried to make conversation with the other man.
Patient: Can you believe that doctor! I have a problem with my throat and he orders me to undress!
Other man: Why are you complaining? I only came here to deliver a package.
Know about Indian Aviation Flying thousands of feet above land we travel from city to city and across the world, how much do you know about the aviation scene in India? Apart from the fact that one has to travel to a big city to access an international airport there are several interesting trivia.
1. Civil aviation in India started way back in 1912. The first flight was from Karachi to Delhi and was served by Imperial Airways (UK)
2. When India attained independence in 1947, there were nine airlines operating across the country. Only one, Orient Airways shifted to Pakistan
3. J.R.D. Tata was the first entrepreneur to set up a private airline in India. He piloted its inaugural flight in 1932
4. In 1948, government established Air India International Ltd in a joint venture with Air India (formerly Tata Airlines) which was later nationalized (1953).
5. After Independence, World War II-abandoned Dakotas were available for Rs 10,000 and many rich hobby fliers became aircraft owners.
