UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh Army has set an institutional milestone by enrolling two female officers for its aviation basic course for the first time after they successfully conducted solo and dual flying modules as trainee pilots at Tejgaon Old Airport runway on Wednesday.
The pioneering duo are Captain Nazia Nusrat Hossain and Captain Shahrina Binte Anwar. They are the first women trainee pilots of Bangladesh Army since Army Aviation
Flight was raised in January 1 in 1978 as an air arm of the security force.
Captain Nazia Nusrat Hossain and Captain Shahrina Binte Anwar conducted solo and joint flights by Cessna 152 Aeropac training aircraft of Bangladesh Army.
Following successful completion of their flights at Army Aviation Group at Tejgaon in the city, Lt Col Shahriar, officer-in-charge of Army Aviation Basic Course, said initially they were very worried whether the quality of training and output of the two female officers would match that of a skilled male pilot.
“But now we are very confident after their performances that there is no need to think separately between male and female officers. We need more pilots. So we will recruit more women pilots through test procedures…no matter male or female,” said Lt Col Shahriar.
He hoped that after completion of 120-hours’ training, they will come out as full-fledged pilots. “They will go to various places across the country for the country’s need flying aircraft or helicopter after completion of their course,” he added.
Bangladesh Army has set an institutional milestone by enrolling two female officers for its aviation basic course for the first time after they successfully conducted solo and dual flying modules as trainee pilots at Tejgaon Old Airport runway on Wednesday.
The pioneering duo are Captain Nazia Nusrat Hossain and Captain Shahrina Binte Anwar. They are the first women trainee pilots of Bangladesh Army since Army Aviation
Flight was raised in January 1 in 1978 as an air arm of the security force.
Captain Nazia Nusrat Hossain and Captain Shahrina Binte Anwar conducted solo and joint flights by Cessna 152 Aeropac training aircraft of Bangladesh Army.
Following successful completion of their flights at Army Aviation Group at Tejgaon in the city, Lt Col Shahriar, officer-in-charge of Army Aviation Basic Course, said initially they were very worried whether the quality of training and output of the two female officers would match that of a skilled male pilot.
“But now we are very confident after their performances that there is no need to think separately between male and female officers. We need more pilots. So we will recruit more women pilots through test procedures…no matter male or female,” said Lt Col Shahriar.
He hoped that after completion of 120-hours’ training, they will come out as full-fledged pilots. “They will go to various places across the country for the country’s need flying aircraft or helicopter after completion of their course,” he added.
