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karatecatman
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 Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: LCA completes 1000th test flight |
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www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200901222102.htm
LCA completes 1000th test flight
Bangalore (PTI): India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) -- Tejas-- on Thursday completed the 1000th sortie, a feat described by Aeronautical Development Agency sources as a landmark in the country's aeronautical sector's history.
The sortie lasted about 30 minutes, ADA sources said here, adding that the chief test pilot of the National Flight Test Centre, Capt J A Maolankar, flew the Tejas.
Since the first flight by the Technology demonstrator-1 on January 4, 2001, which lasted 18 minutes, the Tejas programme has come a long way.
"That the programme achieved this milestone without any major setbacks bears testimony to the skill and competence of all the programme components. The Tejas team has become a role model for executing large R&D programmes in the country," Programme Director M S Subramanyam said. |
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| One wonders, then, why Tejas has not been formally inducted into the Air Force. |
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