Patiala Aviation Club(PAC) 4.17

Patiala Airport (Patiala Aviation Complex) is a civil aerodrome serving Patiala, Punjab in India. It was built by Maharajadhiraj Bhupinder Singh of Patiala in the first decade of the twentieth century[citation needed] as a place to operate his aircraft. After Independence it was taken over by the Government of India and turned into a civil aerodrome.
There are in total five hangers in Patiala Aviation Complex. The First Hanger is used by Patiala Aviation Club(P.A.C.), which is flying training Institute approved by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (D.G.C.A.), India. Raja Kamendra Singh (Prince Ralph) son of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was Chief Flight Instructor of P.A.C. until his death in an aircraft crash in 1995. Presently Capt. Malkeat Singh is the Chief Flight Instructor of P.A.C.