Odisha’s second flying training institute being explored in Rangeilunda near Berhampur
May 30th, 2010
Following is an excerpt from a PTI report.
Plans are afoot to develop Orissa’s second flying training institute at Rangeilunda airstrip near here.
The ministry of Civil Aviation wants to use Rangeilunda airstrip as a flying training institute. Binodini Devi, a senior captain from the ministry, visited the airstrip recently and discussed the project with engineers of the works department here, Ganjam district collector V K Pandian said.
… A senior pilot of the ministry also visited the site last week and asked the works engineer to develop it as a Visual Flight Rule (VFR) airstrip and to provide at least two rooms to conduct the pilot training institute.
"We have agreed to provide all necessary infrastructure facilities to the ministry to use Rangeilunda airstrip as a flying training institute," K Pandian said.
Entry Filed under: Berhampur-Gopalpur-Hinjilicut area (3),Flying Training Institute
3 Writeup
1. Abhisek | June 1st, 2010 at 1:47 pm
It’s a move in the right direction to utilise the AAI infrastructure facilities near Berhampur city. But among the major states Orissa stands out poorly as far as airport infrastructure is concerned. Even the development of 35 non-metro airports that include BBSR is on a slow motion.
Orissa need to have a full fledged domestic airport at Jharsuguda by 2012 (to cater the large number of industries as well as Sambalpur town) and two other domestic airports at Rourkela and Berhampur by 2015 (to cater to the respective cities as well as the contiguous regions). While a Kolkata-Chennai flight with a stopover at Berhampur can be a possibility, similar is the case with Kolkata-Mumbai flights with a stopover at Rourkela.
2. Ajaya Sahu | June 5th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
More update in Sify…
http://sify.com/finance/flying-training-institute-at-berhampur-soon-news-news-kgembcdfbhi.html
Flying training institute at Berhampur soon
BS Reporter | 2010-06-04 18:51:00
If things go as per plan, the second flying training institute in the state may come up at Rangeilunda air-strip near Berhampur University, about 12 km from here. The institute will be built by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, government of India.
A senior captain from the Director General office of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Binodini Devi visited the airstrip recently and discussed with the state works department engineers on refurbishing it.
A senior pilot of the ministry also visited the site last week and asked the works department engineers to develop it as per the parameters required for Visual Flight Rule (VFR) air-strip and also provide at least two rooms to conduct the pilot training courses. “We have agreed to provide all necessary infrastructure facilities to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to establish a flying training institute at Rangeilunda” said district collector, VK Pandian.
The airstrip has 720 meter run-way and a large vacant area for aircraft parking. The works department has recently constructed a boundary wall around it, said the executive engineer, Berhampur (Division-II), PK Das. The work has already started to upgrade the airstrip to VFR airstrip standards, he added.
Rangeiulinda will be the second pilot training institute in the state after Bhubaneswar. At Bhubaneswar, 80 students are currently taking pilot training.
The civil aviation ministry has mooted the second flying institute in the state because of traffic congestion at the Biju Patnaik airport in Bhubaneswar. At least 50 percent of students from the Bhubaneswar centre will be diverted to the new pilot training institute at Rangeilunda. There are now 22 airstrips in the state including Rangeilunda.
The local Pradeep Panigrahi, who is keen on setting up of the institute in his constituency, said the local youths can avail the facility to train as pilots. Besides, this will also help in converting the airstrip into a full-fledged airport in the future.
It may be noted, Union minister for civil aviation, Praful Patel has recently ruled out the possibility of upgrading Rangeilunda into an airport through a reply to the question of Rajya Sabha MP Renubala Pradhan. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has not conducted any survey so far to develop any of the airstrips in the state as airport, the minister said.
3. Capt. Ankit Kotecha | June 7th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Hi everybody.
i came across this news of a flying school being set up in berhampur.
i am a native of Balasore, and presently i am in Philippines.
I am a commercial pilot and being trained for Flying Instructor (teacher authorised to train student pilots).
So I am really very keen to work in this new school and train new aspirants.
but berhampur is a place i have never been to, and i am no acquainted with anybody over there.
i was wondering if any of you be kind enough to bridge me with any of those personnels who are setting up the school so that i can be recruited in the new school.
will be ever grateful to you guys.
thnx a lot.