Today, Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat Flies Tejas

Today, Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat was flown in trainer version of DRDO’s. Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas to demonstrate the operational capabilities of the aircraft during Aero India 2019 at Bengaluru. On this occasion, Tejas was flown at medium altitude to showcase the Pin-point attack capabilities using a Laser Designation Pod (LDP). Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari, Head of National Flight Test Centre (NFTC) at Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bengaluru piloted this aircraft.After the sortie, the Army chief expressed immense satisfaction and said that Tejas is a wonderful aircraft and if it gets added to the IAF inventory, it will be a great asset.The Army Chief was demonstrated the maneuvering and radar capabilities of the aircraft.
A familiarization sortie in LCA Trainer was also conducted for the Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India, 
Prof K Vijay Raghavan, which was flown by Group Captain S. Gunasekaran, the test pilot from NFTC. 





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