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Title: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: sushil_anand on January 10, 2012, 11:36:50 AM This article appeared in a recent issue of "Air & Space" magazine.
http://www.rcindia.org/myfiles/JRD_AEROSPACE0001.pdf http://www.rcindia.org/myfiles/JRD_AEROSPACE_10001.pdf Title: Re: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: SunLikeStar on January 10, 2012, 12:24:49 PM Nice share :thanks:
will read tonight. Title: Re: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: rcpilotacro on January 10, 2012, 12:26:43 PM Sushil sir! did your Bro fly these birds before he flew the AN-12s , i am sure he was christened in the DAKs.
Title: Re: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: roopeshkrishna on January 10, 2012, 09:04:51 PM Sushil Sir..a million thanks for the valuable link..its awesome..and needful.. :salute:
Title: Re: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: flyingboxcar on January 11, 2012, 12:51:10 AM Thanks Sushil. Lovely read
And those Dak, with the open doors, looks to be on their way to or have just dropped a stick (since the backdrop is Agra) Title: Re: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: rcpilotacro on January 11, 2012, 08:01:57 AM Manish
Good observation, there, brought my Paratrooper Trg days back to life, lost a guy in my stick, back in 92 Title: Re: A Bit of Indian Aviation History Post by: sushil_anand on January 11, 2012, 12:23:49 PM Sushil sir! did your Bro fly these birds before he flew the AN-12s , i am sure he was christened in the DAKs. No. He went out to Russia for 6 months of training on these, as soon as he was commissioned (80th GDP). He was part of the first squadron of AN 12s, ("25" - as far as I remember) based at Chandigarh. |