Zoya Agarwal Gets Featured in SFO Aviation Museum for Longest Flight over North Pole

Ace pilot Zoya Agarwal has added another feather in her already  feathered cap after being featured in the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) aviation museum on friday. 

In 2021 an all women pilot team headed by Zoya Agarwal covered the world’s longest air route from San Francisco covering the North Pole to Bengaluru. They covered a distance of about 16,000 km. 

Zoya was also part of the Vande Bharat mission in 2020 in which the government launched flights that worked towards evacuating Indians who were stuck in countries that were under lockdown during the pandemic. 

Speaking to ANI Zoya said that she was the only human to find a place as a pilot in the San Francisco Aviation Luis A Turpen Aviation museum. 

“I was amazed to see that I'm the only living object over there, I am just humbled honestly. I can't believe that I am a part of a prestigious aviation museum in the USA,” Captain Zoya told ANI.

“She is the first female Indian pilot to be included in our program. In addition to her remarkable career with Air India, including her record-breaking flight from SFO to Bengaluru in 2021 with an all-female crew, her positivity about the world and her commitment to helping other girls and women achieve their dreams is deeply inspiring. Being able to record and share Captain Agarwal's personal history allows SFO Museum to preserve the excitement and the historic nature of her extraordinary career with current and future generations of aviation enthusiasts,” an official from the San Francisco Aviation museum told ANI.

“We are honoured by your participation, and we hope to educate and inspire future generations,”  the SFO aviation museum added.

After being honoured with the certificate Captain Zoya spoke to ANI: “I can't believe that I am the first Indian female to be in a museum in the USA, if you ask the eight-year-old girl that use to sit on her terrace, looking at stars and dream about being a pilot. It's an honour that the US recognised an Indian woman for their museum... it's a great moment for me and my country.”