Friday, March 10, 2017

GP CAPT NOEL MOITRA VM : RETIRED

                                                             Gp Capt Noel Moitra  VM
  1. An alumnus of Loyola School and Junior College, Pune, I hold a Diploma in German, obtained in 1972 from Goethe-Institut at Max Mueller Bhavan, Pune. A linguist, I speak French, Hindi and three other regional languages.
  2. Passed SSLC Exam with Distinction.
  3. 1st in UPSC Selection Exam (Air Force) for the National Defence Academy.
  4. 1st in NDA Air Branch Cadets written tests.
  5. 1st in Flying Instructors School, Tambaram, Chennai.
  6. Bagged Majithia Trophy with record marks that still stand.
  7. Did my QFI tenure at AFA
  8. The Majithia Trophy Presented by Air Mshl BW Chauhan

  9. Inducted MiG-21 bis in 1976.
  10. Fastest 1,000 hrs on the MiG-21 bis.
  11. Appointed sub-editor for the Air Force Flight Safety Magazine
  12. Inducted Mirage 2000 aircraft in 1985, after a 10-month training period.
  13. Only pilot to induct 2 types of aircraft.
  14. Fastest 1,000 hours on the Mirage 2000 in the world.
  15. Edited all IAF Coffee Tables from 1990 to 1996.
  16. Staff Officer to 2 Air Chiefs.
  17. Edited all that they wrote, from important letters to newspaper releases, compliments to obituaries.
  18. Did 3 months of flying cross-training in reunited Germany.
  19. Commanded a Mirage 2000 Squadron.
  20. Awarded Vayu Sena Medal in '93.
  21. Only pilot to have fired a S-530D BVR missile; it cost as much as a Mig 21 Bis.
  22. Base Cdr at that Station, with 15,000 heads.
  23. 1st in Staff College Entrance exam.
  24. Did Staff Course in UK.
  25. Did my BBA in the UK (University of Reading).
  26. Did AREA Course in Japan.
  27. Post-retirement, joined a publishing firm, Contact Communications and started commercial journalism, both writing and editing.
  28. Raised its Technical Magazine to a level where it was rated an excellent Asian Technical Magazine at IMB, Cologne.
  29. Rated best Editor/Writer (English-Asia) at a/m IMB in 2006. 
  30. Hired immediately by a leading global aerospace and air armament concern and worked with them till 2010. 
  31. Freelance editor/writer background.  
  32. Equally fluent in both UK and US English. 
  33. Was Editor-in-Chief Cypriot Smart Media Group, Macs Marketing, with their own website macsads.com/ It is still to recover after the Corona pandemic.
  34. Their website written by me still stands, https://4viptour.com/en
                                       
                                                  MORE INFORMAL DATA

Preliminary Data:

DIVERSE SKILLS

Ø  Intelligent, sharp, hard-working, focussed, punctual, work-oriented and a team player.

Ø  Invariably ranked first, since cadet days in 1967, in ALL courses undergone.

Ø  Professional Military Pilot with 33 years of experience in the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Ø Became Instrument Rating Examiner on MiG-21 aircraft.

Ø  Instructor in Flying and Flying-related subjects since 1980. Ranked 1st in the entry course.

Ø  Tested air/ground crew on Mirage-2000 aircraft as sole Air Force Examiner for 5 years.

Ø  Staff Officer to two Air Chiefs, the highest and most prestigious post in that rank (Lt. Col.).

Ø  Wrote over six speeches/obituaries/prefaces/messages/presentations, etc. for both daily, 6 days a week.

Ø  Specialist in editing and formatting mainly official letters and documents, as well as memos, minutes and reports.

Ø  Considerable HR experience, commanding a Flying Squadron and later as Base Commander at an airbase housing 15,000 bodies.

Ø   Awarded VM (DFC) 1993

Ø  Widely travelled, with 56 countries visited, before and after Service.

JOB-RELATED

Ø  Only pilot in the IAF to induct two new types of aircraft.

Ø  Fastest 1,000 hours on both types.

Ø  Wrote a Service Paper on gainful employment of Air Combat Missiles, another first.

Ø  Acclaimed specialist in Low-Intensity Conflict. Have written a thesis, unfortunately ‘classified’, on that subject.

Ø  Have appeared on radio talk shows on the Kashmir issue.

Ø  First writer on a new airflow control device. It has been included in the Aerodynamics  Syllabus for aircrew, as https:// noelsramblings.blogspot.com/ 2023/05/vortilons.html

Ø  First writer on Turning Theory, including FBW aircraft.

  
ACM SK MEHRA, CHIEF OF AIR STAFF CONGRATULATING ME ON CROSSING 1000 HOURS ON THE MIRAGE-2000

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

Ø Master of Ceremonies at all types of occasions, including Ceremonial like Parades, Awards Functions, etc. Commentator at Field Hockey, Soccer and Tennis matches. Commentator at IAF Republic Day Flypasts for 12 years.

Ø Have absolute command over the English language and the nuances, inflexions and subtleties that differentiate the exceptional from the excellent (Nickname: Thesaurix).   

Ø In my spare time, taught the English language in a syllabus-oriented open forum for airmen. Gave one-on-one tuition to promising students.

Ø Quizmaster at Scindia School for a bi-annual all-India High School meet for 6 years

Ø Did my Masters in English Literature.

Ø An Indian native English speaker, I have done my education and over 95% of my work in Queen’s English.

Ø Equally at home in US English.

Ø Speech and Content writer of repute.

Ø After retirement, edited 3 trade magazines for 4 years -TrendFusion, StitchWorld and  ApparelOnline.

Ø Wrote Academic/Technical articles while editing and proofreading magazines, pamphlets, novels, novellas, academic & other non-fiction educational works, theses and website content.

Ø Responsible for the proofed content of the company's two websites.

Ø Specialist on the WTO, particularly on the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and all restrictions thereunder(quotas); Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); the ISO 9000 family of quality control mechanisms; ILO’s SA 8000, etc.

Ø Founder member of StitchWorld International Forum of Technologists (SWIFT), which examined, amongst a host of other issues, what was amiss in Indian workplace ethics, motivation, HRM and the tricky issue of gender discrimination.

Ø Check out: http://www.stitchworld.net/display0.asp?msg=1121&cat=13 and http://www.stitchworld.net/display1.asp?msg=446&cat=TechEvents both written by me. I feature in one of the photographs in the latter.

Ø Have written ~9000 articles/blogs, edited over 50,000 articles and proofread over 75 million words in MS Word, the microscopic Adobe Pagemaker and the Highlighter/Sticky note method.

Ø Edited pamphlets, novels, novellas, academic & other non-fiction educational works.

Ø Did my Masters in Defence Science.

Ø My last job required me to write Military Aviation Concepts and White Papers for my employer and prepare Powerpoint Presentations for them. My contract expired in November 2012.

Ø Read speak and write German fluently.

Ø Taught Personal Finance at Sriram High School two hours a week. 

Ø Help non-native English speakers get exceptional grades.


 First Mirage-2000 landing on a highway

FAMILY DETAILS

Ø Married in 1979. My wife holds a Masters in Sociology and assists me if ever required.

Ø  Have a son, an MBA/BTech, working with Alvares & Marsal in Manhattan, NY, USA.

Ø  Have a daughter, who after 1½ years in the Hospitality Industry, two years with Kingfisher Airlines as an in-flight cabin assistant, is on Faculty in Sriram School, Gurgaon.

Ø  Both are married.


Congratulated by the Base Cdr on landing after crossing 1000 hrs on type

I HAVE STOPPED WORKING ONLINE


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