About
History of ACI
The Aero Club of India (ACI), then known as Royal Aero Club of India and Burma Ltd., was inaugurated in the year 1927, along with Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA). Since its inception and till independence (1927-1947) the DCA and Aero Club worked in close cooperation.
The Club functioned as a branch of the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain till Independence. In fact, the Constitution of the Club was drawn up along the lines of the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain. During the World War II (1939-1945) the activities of the club were practically suspended.
The Club was affiliated to the Royal Aero Club as well as to the Societe Aviation Internationale.
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ACI Governance: Ensuring Transparency
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Rajiv Pratap Rudy
ACI President & Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
Aim & Objective of ACI
Aero Sports encompasses all sports activities in the medium of air right from Aeromodelling to Space Travel and occupies a unique position in a very large number of Countries. Competitions, Meets, Seminars rallies and races are held regularly every year in various branches of aero sports at National and International levels. Apart from these events attempts are made for establishing world Records in many fields of Aero sports in distance, speed, altitude and duration of time and accuracy etc.
