Bharat Rakshak

That camo scheme is only meant to reduce visibility of the aircraft to lowest possible levels. it lends a great deal of respectability to the aircraft as well.

What're you talking about Hitesh ? The probe did'nt hit the Mirage-2000N's nose at all. had it hit the nose, it would have probably caused major damage to the radome. you probably saw the probe pull up and thought that it hit the radome.

Here is a link in which there is a video of a Mirage-2000N and a Jaguar A of the French AF refuelling. its a very good video, and whats noteworthy is that refuelling the Jaguar seems to be so much trickier than the Mirage-2000N.

http://www.airpic.net/video_001.htm

check out the first video.

If the Jags that we've sent are'nt DARIN equipped, then does'nt that mean that we've actually sent BAe built Jags ? Vishnu, does it have anything to do with the recent problem related to split pin being missing,ie was that only in HAL aircraft ? otherwise, why would an obviously inferior Jag (compar...

excellent article. truly inspiring and moving. wonder where our doubting Thomases are now.

That pointy thing on the nose is the pitot probe used to measure the airspeed.

yeah Nandai, the Saras is a very cute looking aircraft. actually I kinda like the yellow primer paint instead of that pedestrian white color on the Tejas. by the way, has the IAF or Coast Guard shown any interest in the Saras or not ? other than light transport duties, is there any other duty that i...

are you guys sure that the LCA test pilots flew the Gripen ? any links to confirm that ?