{
  "id": 3227513,
  "title": "When aircrafts took to the Madras skies on metal wings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/when-aircrafts-took-to-the-madras-skies-on-metal-wings",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T08:51:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/when-aircrafts-took-to-the-madras-skies-on-metal-wings/article71337138.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "D’Angelis’ maiden flight in 1910 set in motion the aviation history of Madras. From a record-making 27-hour flight from London to Madras in a de-Havilland Dove and a night land that left the pilots “trembling like a leaf” to an air taxi that flew all the way to Burma and Alagappa Chettiar’s Jupiter Airways, the skies above Madras have surely never seen a dull moment",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "How bicycles, motorcycles took over the roads of Madras",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/how-bicycles-motorcycles-took-over-the-roads-of-madras",
        "published": "2026-08-25T08:49:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}