Front-facing jet engine, its metallic fan emerging from darkness
A LIFE IN PROGRESSINDIA
PILOT IN TRAINING

AVIATION · PHOTOGRAPHY · TRAVEL · WRITING

Aranya Bhadu.

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A NAME. A PLACE TO BEGIN.

ARANYA

अरण्य

forest / wilderness

Some things begin with a name.

01 / THE LONG WAY UP

Flying.

One flight.
Then another.

I’m training to become a commercial pilot in India.

AIFTA, Amravati.
Piper PA-28 Archer · Diamond DA42.

02 / A DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEING

Looking
closer.

All six photographs
A cycle rickshaw beneath a sunlit avenue of trees
01 / Under the canopy
A bird silhouetted against a clouded sky
04 / In flight
A silhouetted waterbird holding a fish above the water
05 / The catch

Light, life, and the moments in between.

03 / FURTHER ON FOOT

Outside
the frame.

Five treks.
One thread through the mountains.

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01 / 05 · ON FOOT

Kheerganga

Into the green.

02 / 05 · ON FOOT

Gaumukh–Tapovan

Beyond the treeline.

03 / 05 · ON FOOT

Chandrashila

A little closer to the sky.

04 / 05 · ON FOOT

Kuari Pass

Along the ridgelines.

05 / 05 · ON FOOT

Goechala

Some places ask you to slow down.

A personal trail through the Himalaya · an imagined landscape

01 / ROOTS

Notes from
elsewhere.

Aviation is part of the story.
Curiosity is the thread.

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PSYCHOLOGY · PERSONAL ESSAY

The Trip My Brain
Remembered Wrong

A trip to Goa, a terrible ending and what it taught me about how we remember experiences.

3 MIN READ · READ THE ESSAY

A pilot in training.
A person, always.

My name is Aranya Bhadu. I’m training to become a commercial pilot in India, with an interest in writing, photography, travel and trekking.

This space will grow with me—from the first chapters of training to whatever comes next.

Education, personal biography, portrait and contact links will be added here.

One flight.
Then another.

A record of the moments that shape a pilot.
Not just hours. Everything learned along the way.

TRAINING AIRCRAFT

Piper PA-28 Archer
Diamond DA42

01
THE CHAPTER I’M IN

Pilot training

I’m training at AIFTA, Air India Flying Training Academy, in Amravati, Maharashtra, towards my commercial pilot licence.

02
MILESTONES TO DOCUMENT

First flight. First solo.

Stories and dates to be added.

03
THE ROAD AHEAD

Beyond the familiar.

Cross-country, instrument and multi-engine flying. Then the next chapter.

CURRENT TRAINING BASE

AIFTA, Amravati.

Air India Flying Training Academy.
Amravati Airport, Maharashtra, India.

About the academy
Amravati Airport location diagramA north-up schematic of runway 08/26 and the airport reference point at 20.8147 degrees north, 77.7178 degrees east. Not a navigation chart.0826VAAM / AMRAVATIN ↑20.8147° N77.7178° E
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TOTAL FLIGHT TIME

AIRCRAFT FLOWN

AIRPORTS

LANDINGS

Statistics are placeholders. Verified totals will be added as the journey develops.