President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday entered the record books by becoming the first woman head of state to fly in a frontline, multi-role fighter jet aircraft as she undertook a 30-minute sortie in a Russian made Sukhoi-30 MKI.
Pratibha Patil Created History by Flying in Russian made Sukhoi-30 MKI
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