Bombay Flying Club was incorporated on 29 May 1928, and commenced instruction on 13 January 1929 when they received their first two De Havilland Moth aircraft, presented to them by the Government of India.
[4] The Club received its licence to build a hangar and garages at the aerodrome on 17 August 1931.
[5] JRD Tata, the father of Indian civil aviation, who received India's first pilot's licence, trained at this club in 1929.
Lady Dinshaw Petit, his sister, became the first female to obtain a pilot licence in India.
The Club leased the airstrip from the Maharashtra Airport Development Company in order to carry out its training activities without any restrictions.