Air-India Collectibles
This website is for the amateur hobbyist, and contains information and image galleries of all kinds of Air-India Memorabilia like Airplane Photographs, Coasters, First Flight Covers, Menu Cards, Posters, Time Tables, and other Collectibles. It is still under construction, and there is a lot more being added, so keep coming back.
Mr. M. C. Dikshit passes away at 105. Om Shanti.
Death of an Indian pilot, and lost history of a CIA plot to kill a Chinese premier.
Newspaper clip from The Indian Express, Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Newspaper clip from The Indian Express, Wednesday, December 7, 2022
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Here is a link to the YouTube episode of Cut The Clutter on the Kashmir Princess crash by Shekhar Gupta of The Print.
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Disaster in the Air: The Crash of the Kashmir Princess, 1955. By Colonel A. K. Mitra's first hand account, Published in 2001.
This book is detail version of the incident with some slightly different information. This book is a must read for anyone interested in learning more about the Kashmir Princess incident. |
The three survivors of the Air-India Constellation crash come down the gangplank of the frigate H.M.S. Dampier, assisted by sailors 4/14 on their arrival here. They were barred from seeing the press amidst Red Chinese charges of American - directed sabotage of the plane on which eight Red Chinese delegates to the free-Asia conference in Indonesia lost their lives. The three Survivors are (left to right: Co-Pilot M.C. Dixit: flight navigator J.C. Pathak and engineer A.S. Karnick.
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Click here to know more about this crash.
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Air India Collector - Piyush Khaitan & Vivek Matthai
e-Magazine - 100 Knots, September 2022 edition
Click here to read full article
e-Magazine - 100 Knots, September 2022 edition
Click here to read full article
A display exhibition “Air-India’s Maharaja: Advertising Gone Rogue" is on at Poster House, New York
from September 9, 2022 to February 12, 2023.
This exhibition was created in partnership with Kapoor Galleries, New York and the Indo-American Arts Council.
(Some interesting Air-India memorabilia loaned by www.airindiacollector.com , is also displayed in this exhibition)
To know more about this exhibition, please click here.
from September 9, 2022 to February 12, 2023.
This exhibition was created in partnership with Kapoor Galleries, New York and the Indo-American Arts Council.
(Some interesting Air-India memorabilia loaned by www.airindiacollector.com , is also displayed in this exhibition)
To know more about this exhibition, please click here.
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The Magic of Maharajah. Talk by Mr. Piyush Khaitan at Museum Society of Mumbai Webinar on 3rd August 2021
(Click here to see other video on Air-India and Indian Airmails)
(Click here to see other video on Air-India and Indian Airmails)
What's New on our Website
Last 10 updates on this website are listed below. Click each link below to go to the respective web-page.
Last 10 updates on this website are listed below. Click each link below to go to the respective web-page.
19 01 2023 'Maharaja Collection’ gets a new home: National Gallery of Modern Art to house Air India artwork. By Saurabh Sinha, The Times of India Jan 18, 2023.
10 12 2022 Death of an Indian pilot, and lost history of a CIA plot to kill a Chinese premier. The Indian Express, 7-Dec-22.
Recreation of the first Karachi - Ahmedabad - Bombay Flight of Tata Sons Ltd by J. R. D. Tata on the 30th Anniversary.
15 October 1962
15 October 1962
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Click the button above to see the Collections page which offers links to multiple image galleries.
(More content being added - so keep visiting) |
Click the button above to see the Indian Air Mails website which has all the information you need on Air-India Aerophilately .
(More content being added - so keep visiting) |