Ganta Swathi – Adilabad girl flies high జులై 5, 2008
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Adilabad girl makes it to Aviator Flying Inc.
S. Harpal Singh
Ghanta Swathi is first girl to get pilot commercial licence
Flying high: Ghanta Swathi is all confidence getting where she desired to be.
ADILABAD: If you want to know how even earthy girls can earn wings, meet Ghanta Swathi, the first person from Adilabad town to acquire a commercial pilot licence. She will be joining the Aviator Flying Inc. of the United States soon as an instructor and charter pilot.
“A different vocation is what I had always desired. I wanted to join the Air Force but circumstances led me to train as a commercial pilot,” reveals the youngster confessing to being influenced by dogfights shown in a film. “With the all important support of my family, I could give wings to my desire,” she adds somewhat philosophically.
Swathi is the eldest among the four children of head constable (traffic) Murali. She graduated from a college in Adilabad before joining the AP Aviation Academy in Hyderabad in 2006 for a brief period. “After only about 10 hours of flying, I enrolled with the Aviator and flew for 200 hours before getting my licence. I trained in Dallas in USA and Cebu in Philippines,” explains Swathi.
Pondering over the question of fewer girls opting to train as a pilot, she says it is because of the myth that the job is hazardous for women. “It is not. Only parents are given to anxiety. This is true even in a country like America where girls discourage themselves because of the ‘risk’ involved. I feel parents need to provide full support to girls who wish to make it as pilots. Girls fare better in the profession than boys because of their disposition to stay focussed,” she observes.
About the aspect that was added to her personality during the training period the young pilot says she has honed up her decision-making skills and grew stronger in confidence. “I came out of difficult situations thrice during the training thanks to better judgment and confidence,” she recalls. Coming from a backward district, Swathi feels sorry for all those talented youngsters who cannot achieve their goals simply due to lack of proper information and guidance. “I will help all such persons in terms of guidance,” she says.
source: The Hindu, 5 July 2008 http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008070552060200.htm&date=2008/07/05/&prd=th
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Ganta Swathi, d/o G Muralidhara Rao, Plot No 97, Kailash Nagar Colony, Adilabad
hi swathi thats grate u do deserve it ……
this is your school mate K.RAKESH…
n all the best from our friends ie,.
Y.SRIKANTH,K.ANAND,P.SAGAR,K.SHAILESH,P.SHARATH BABU,VICKY SHARMA,G.AKHIL,VINOD JAISWAL,M.SUDHEER REDDY,A.SAI SRUJAN GOUD,T.RAJKIRAN REDDY
hi,my dear friends.i am really very happy by seeing all ur names.thanks for ur support.u all blessed me in my autograph book.i remembered till now.thank u.
Hi Sony :-) sorry Swathi really i am very proud to be as your sister
Keep it up and reach you dream
Hey Swathi ,
Proud to see you doing it. You go girl. You are also raising the bar for other folks out. Just do it. Congrats in all your future endeavors. Peace.
Hay SWATHI .G…..THE GREAT “pilot”
WE ALL U R CLASS MATES R PROUD OF U KEEP GOING
hiii swati
i am an aspiring pilot and hope to reach where you are right now.
You are truly an inspiration to all wanna-be aviator girls like me. :)
hiiiii ,hello swathi .,
congratsssssssssssssss…….
I am very happy, when i heard about u in adilabad ,in TV & in net .Really it’s great for the AP’s first woman pilot.All the best for ur future.
this is SATISH KUMAR, ur degree classmate.
heyyyy thank u very much.what r u doin now ?
hiiiiiiii,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,……………….
i sent mail already 2 ur mail id ‘opensky_swathi@yahoo.com’.
just check it out .bye …………
hi swathi,this is sai.how r u once send me ur mail ID
hi ,Swathi my name is Anoop I’m persuing intermideate 2nd year, my aim is to become pilot can you send me details about the aviation shool in which u r trained…..
and some details about sunrise aviation ,florida…. and u know u r my hero…. I,m very much inspried by you….
hiii anoop,how r u ?if u really wanna details u can mail to me abt ur doubts.its not possible to write in this each nd everything, thats why.ok.
hi we are your family friends from pushpaltha(aunt) gfrom nizamabad
hiiiiiiii,how r u ?
hi
myname ismanvitha
iam from same dist
naku nela pilot kavalani vundi but i don’tknow just
ihave finish my xstandard
plz let me know the details plz mail me &iwant chat with you akka plz this my e-mailmanvithaparre@gmail.com
HI SWATHI REMEMBER ME ITS NARESH ur inter and graduation classmate .
how r u .You make us proud.Keep it up
Hi swathi mam im santosh from adilabad, now im in 10+2 as i have interested in aviation field and want to know about the procedure of claiming it.please reply me sooon
Wow!! Swathi U got so many fans already……..