VT-ADN de
Havilland D.H.80 Puss
Moth
(c/n 2176)
Rare shot, via Piyush
Khaitan of the aircraft which flew the Bombay to Madras section
of the first
Tata Sons Ltd (Aviation Division) air mail flight in India. Pilot was
Neville Vincent. (The Karachi-
Bombay segment
was flown by VT-ACZ). VT-ADN was the former
G-ABMN registered to
Sqn Ldr The Hon Pelham I Cochrane, Heston. It was sold to J.R.D.
Tata in June 1932 and flown
out to India by
Mr. Tata himself. It was written off in September 1935,
although details of the exact
reason have been lost in the annuls of
time.