Truman called his sound barrier breaking X-1 flight “an epochal achievement” that was “the greatest since the first successful flight” of the Wright Brothers. And became the fastest man alive.Īnd became an icon akin to Charles Lindbergh, first man to cross the Atlantic in a solo flight, and Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. Two days later, on 14 October 1947, he climbed into his XS-1 rocket plane, used part of a broom as a makeshift handle to ease the pain of closing the cockpit hatch, and broke the ‘sound barrier.’ That is, flew faster than the speed of sound. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.” – Chuck Yeager She is a published-writer on varied topics.
University topper and winner of several gold and silver medals and Certificates of Honor and the unique ‘Distinction’ in medicine in medical college, she is the youngest-ever Professor in any medical college anywhere, and the only-ever gynec Hon Consultant to the Army, Navy and Air Force.įORMER: President Family Welfare Foundation of India (now closed) one of the few UN -accredited NGO since 1997 Member of Central Consumer Protection Council, Government of India, the apex national advisory body on consumer affairs Advisor, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India Member, Advisory Committee, MTNL (Delhi).Īwardee of C L Jhaveri and P N Behl Awards of Indian Medical Association for professional excellence.Ĭhief emeritus and currently Sr Consultant gynecologist and laparoscopic surgeon, Moolchan Medcity and Apollo Cradle Hospitals, New Delhi. Dr (Prof) Sadhana Kala is a USA-trained robotic & laparoscopic surgeon, Uppsala University, Sweden, trained fertility specialist, and ‘National Icon Endoscopic Surgeon' of India.