By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 24th July:-
A retired entrepreneur and a Rotarian from Buffalo,
New York, USA, has undertaken a solo round-the-world flight in his Cessna400
aircraft, to raise fund for a Rotary Ambala Cancer and General Hospital.
Ravi Bansal, PhD a retired
entrepreneur with a passion for flying and a wannabe drummer is the pilot/owner
of this Cessna 400, who undertook this solo flight to bring awareness for
cancer and raise $750,000 to buy an urgently needed MRI machine for Rotary
Cancer and General Hospital in Ambala Cantt.,
Ravi Bansal said that this
mission for him is very personal as it not only is an adventure that he has
been dreaming about for a while, but will also help bring awareness about
cancer in the rural community around Ambala and get the hospital a needed MRI
machine now.
Ravi belongs to Ambala
and migrated to USA in 1970 and maintains close ties with his brother
here.
Out of the $750,000
already 115 people from across the globe have contributed $80,898, he said.
He took off from Buffalo
in New York, USA on 4th July 2017
and has flown 9257 nautical miles (17,144 kilometres) in 55 hours of
flying time, stopping over at Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands,
England, France, Italy, Greece, Jordan, UAE, Oman, and touched down at
Ahmedabad on 18th of July and touched down at Ambala Cantt Airforce station
on 21st of July.
Once he completes
round-the-world trip, he will be
the first Indian to have flown solo around the world.
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