First indian fly to airplane since 1895
First indian fly to airplane since 1895 SHIVKAR BABUJI TALPADE Indian by the name Shivkar Bapuji Talpade had invented the modern aircraft eight years before the Wright brothers, as recently brought into discussion by a controversial paper presented at the Indian Science Congress in Mumbai, seem rather off course The facts remain cloaked in mystery, but the legend goes that Talpade had created a flying machine powered by mercury and solar energy, and based on ideas outlined in Vedic texts Shivkar, E. Established a laboratory in 1922 and built the first model of Vedic aircraft in modern times based on Vedmantras. It was tested in 1895. In Mumbai's Chowpatty beach Early life of inspiration Talpade was born in the Chira Bazaar neighborhood of Mumbai, Maharashtra in a Pathare Prabhu family. He completed his school education in Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art . During his time there he came to know a...