irasharma

Hi Everyone! I am Ira from Nepal, an aspiring mechanical engineer, and a Space, STEM, and aviation enthusiast.

The Nepalese aviation industry isn’t quite huge and hence, we lack flying schools. I’ve had the opportunity to take constant flights around the country since an early age which made me love airplanes but Nepal’s geography and old planes have been causing many crashes and accidents making aviation safety a concern here. In the long run, I aim to get involved to contribute to better aviation safety.

One of my favorite aviation memories is when I got to visit The Adampur Airforce Station in India during Space Camp India where I represented Nepal. We learned about the airforce training and also got to visit the fighter planes hangar. It was an awestrucking moment for me as we don’t have an airforce unit in Nepal and experiencing this was magical!

We weren’t allowed to take pictures ourselves but they provided us with the pictures of during our briefing later. Here is one of it: