Flight Lt. Harita Kaur Deol was a pilot with the Indian Air Force. She was the first woman pilot to fly solo in the Indian Air Force
. The flight was on 2 September 1994 in an Avro HS-748, when she was 22 years old. Daughter of an Army man Harita was passionate about defense life and in 1993 Harita became one of the seven cadets of the women transporter wing of the Indian Air force.