How Uncle Pushi touched our lives

As a young schoolboy and an aspiring IAF pilot, one of the very first books I picked up was a second hand copy of “The aircraft of the IAF 1933 to 1973”. That single book captured the ethos of the IAF so well, that it gave me the feel of almost actually being in the IAF. Over the years, even though I never actually flew with the IAF, I built up a considerable collection of aviation books including further books written by him on the IAF (including some very well produced squadron histories and unique tomes on indigenously built aircraft like the Marut).

But that original book continued to encompass my childhood aspiration to join the Air Force...and a journey that might have been. He provided a lot of us amateur/armchair “Air Warriors” a very significant virtual access to the IAF and I was definitely looking forward to it continuing for a long time to come. I guess now you folks at Vayu will have to carry forward that work.

Uncle Pushi ...you will be dearly missed by your innumerable nephews and nieces in the aviation community.