Bharat Rakshak

Talking about the MTA, from the wing span shown in the pics on Livefist, the MTA will not be capable of very slow flight. That is a requirement for aircraft that need to refuel helis. the Embraer KC-390 has recently had a design change in relation to this, where the wing span was increased signific...

Reporting straight from LCA Tejas cockpit

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The aircraft is very stable and that gives it the requisite agility and manoeuvring capability.

Seems contradictory to me. The whole article has a very amateurish feel about it.

Il-62M http://photos.airliners.net/photo/Interavia/Ilyushin-Il-62M/1106370/L/&sid=a156d741f5ea82f82c64c346ece2fb1b VC-10 http://photos.airliners.net/photo/BOAC-Cunard/Vickers-Super-VC10/0788804/&sid=f9d78c99d5f9b6be5dacb356c0a2b19d The aircraft is a VC-10. Only the vickers has fences on the ...

MVHO...we can rule out the Il-76 and the An-72 based on their engine config and wing profiles.

cud be an Il-62...going by the red star on the tail

Lets see...from top left to right

Tu - 22,142,195,160
Il - 76,A-50,78 (tanker)
???, Su-34, Su-24, looks like a MiG 25, An-26 to the extreme right
Su -25, MiG 31
MiG 23, MiG 29, Su -27, Su-33 , Su-30 MK?, MiG 29, MiG 23/27
Ka-50, Mi-28, Mi-8/17 (tail rotor not visible), Mi26

No news on further flights by LCH anywhere...? Spotters in place? It seems to be making short hops (only 5 minutes or so). Thought I had seen it day before but it was a camo Dhruv (probably a weaponized one but my old eyes fail me these days). Question to folks here: How similar are the side profil...

ran a google on the Tail number of the a/c

No. 6 is a Beechcraft Super King Air B200 operated by RAN AIR SERVICES

source: dgca.nic.in/caris/reg-Nov07.pdf

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Govt-set-to-ink-record-22bn-arms-deal-with-US/articleshow/5425123.cms 2006: $53.5 million for amphibious transport vessel USS Trenton, with another $39 million for six UH-3H helicopters to operate from it Did we order more sea kings after the parts embargo e...

Indian air force plane crashes; pilots killed Posted: 02:27 AM ET By Harmeet Shah Singh CNN NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — An air force plane crashed in southern India on Friday, killing both its pilots, authorities said. The trainer aircraft came down apparently because of an “engine problem,” air force ...

Raytheon's Munitions Control Unit to be Integrated on Jaguar Aircraft http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4460 This article says "Once MCU is integrated on an aircraft, aircrews can employ the Joint Standoff Weapon, Maverick missile, Paveway precision-guided munition and AIM-9M Sidewinder air-...

didnt know where to post this

Tata To Produce S-92 Cabins For Sikorsky

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... nnel=busav

apologize if it has been posted before

Andrew DeCristofaro wrote:for il76 production here is pic of production

http://www.volga-dnepr.com/rus/img/cont ... 2005_1.jpg

Correct me if I am wrong, but those aircraft wings dont seem to have the anhedral characterisitics of an Il-76. Could you please post the original article?

^^ What high rate of attrition are you talking bout. If you are talking bout the last 2-3 months well then yeah i have to agree all of a sudden the number has increased, but i still think although tragic, its still a statistical abberation. If you are talking about crashes in IAF over the last deca...

What do you guys think is the reason of such high rates of attrition in IAF?? 1. Is is lack of proper training facilities esp limited advanced jet trainers? 2. Age of IAF fleet 3. Lack of maintenance facilities or protocols 4. Lack of support by the Originating country for spares etc 5. Corruption ...

The *second* aircraft (further from the view point) has leading edge slats. Single piece, full length. Neither the M3 variants nor M2K have the same. The Tejas does. Also, check the bits next to the air intakes, the think extensions that separate the intakes from the fuselage are tell-tale Tejas. T...

TOI Article The RfP for the 22 combat helicopters had actually been released just before the Berlin Air Show in May 2008 to six contenders, Sikorsky for Black Hawk , Boeing for Apache AH 64D, Bell for Super Cobra (all three from US), Eurocopter for Tiger, Russian Mil for Mi 35, and Augusta Westland...

What exactly are you trying to suggest? Your ridiculous conspiracy theory leaves us with only two possibilities. 1. IA consists of anti patriotic fools who will stop at nothing to sabotage an Indian product, no matter how good it is. 2. IA consists of traitors who are taking bribes from Russia to s...

Another one. Sukhois in Tezpur A source said the Su-30MKI is likely to be fitted with air-to-ground Brahmos missile with more than 900 combat radius enabling it to strike all major cities in southwest China. What does the above sentence even mean? well i guess its trying to say that the MKI has a c...

OBOGS is On-Board Oxygen Generating System.

http://www51.honeywell.com/aero/technol ... .html?c=13

While they bombed, diapers kept Sukhoi pilots dry url Aircraft like the Sukhoi 30 MKI allows pilots to relieve themselves during flight and pilots are provided with diapers as a precautionary measure. I knew about the diapers but the article also seems to imply that the Sukhois have some sort of to...

RahulD,

Do you have any any walk-around pics of the Tejas?? The flying shots are just awesome

Thats the UAE roundels alright.
I noticed an An-12 sitting in the lineup. Wonder whats that doing there ?

Intermediate Jet Trainer lands on belly Initial indications are that the landing speed of the aircraft could have been a shade too fast, prompting the pilots to try and retract the undercarriage, and do a touch and go as the aircraft was likely to overshoot the runway. I have a question which may s...