Local man sets record with solo flight to India

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB)- Ravi Bansal took off from Buffalo July 4 on a journey to his rural mountain hometown in India, near the border with Pakistan.
The flight, which took around six weeks, was all in a effort to raise money for an MRI machine; it’s technology the small rotary hospital in his hometown badly needs.
“I raised so far about $160,000 but money is still coming in,” Bansal told News 4.
The machine costs around $750,000.
This cause hits close to home for the