HISTORY OF CIVIL AVIATION IN SRI LANKA 1911-2011
Compiled by: Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)
1940
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HISTORY OF CIVIL AVIATION IN SRI LANKA (2002-2011)
Compiled by: Gp Capt Kumar Kirinde, SLAF (Retd)
2002
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කලාපීය ගුවන් තොටුපළක් ලෙස සංවර්ධනය කෙරෙන රත්මලාන ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළේ සංවර්ධන කටයුතු කඩිනම් කෙරේ..
කලාපීය ගුවන් තොටුපළක් ලෙස සංවර්ධනය කෙරෙන රත්මලාන ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළේ සංවර්ධන කටයුතු කඩිනම් කෙරේ. සංචාරක ඇමති ප්රසන්න රණතුංග මහතා පවසන්නේ රත්මලාන ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන් තොටුපළේ යාත්රාංගණය...
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