I am starting this thread to motivate young guys and girls to Join IAF, so far it has been my home, religion, country , family , everything. Lot of details are available Here , any specific questions you can ask me, from time to time will keep posting some images etc to keep the interest alive

look at the file name . you will get the answer

I cleared everything in NDA Entrance, then flunked the eyesight test 

So I wnt to IIT instead 

Sanjay

Santhosh !

That was on purpose, some starting point, good observation.

Sanjay
i wanted to be an engineer , be an IITian badly ended up as pilot. life has its ways.  (like the pilot in you never died , so did the aeronautical engineer in me, tried my hand on AMIE later in life, like you did with the aeromodels)


is that you are winking

a lot of guys have been PMing me sending me messages on the FB, etc, as regards joining IAF, thought all that little clarifications can be under one roof

Just applied to the UES-2013 Scheme! getting myself prepared for all other entries possible,

Cleared NDA, Screwed SSB! then took 10+2 TES again Screwed up SSB!

The photo is of a IL 78MKI "MARS" refueling your bird! ??

Good Jatayu, tell us something about the type of refuelling.

All the best , a lot of guys i know have taken coaching from here, may like to give it a try. last i met Col Deol was in 1988. i beleive he is no more, may be their quality may not be the same, please enquire , before taking the plunge of coaching, but coaching for SSB does help
http://www.minerva-academy.com/

Sir..above photograph shows ascene from a refuelling session..

Sir i know i lost to serve my country through joining Air Force..because i am aged..and dreams that if i found this advice and guidance at the age of 18 or 19..prestigiously serve my country up my last breath..hope our youngsters will notice this valuable oppertunity, to lead a prestigious life through serving our Nation..Jai Hind...Sir..

Well MARS was meant to be "Mid Air Refueling System"  Currently 2 types of Pods are involved one called the Flying boom and other is the Probe-drogue system.

My dad worked in IL-76 as a weapon fitter and electrician, uncle is still with An-32's

have heard about this academy, after 2 unsuccessful attempt at SSB i took my coaching from
www.cavalierindia.com/

Good to hear that ! he may know me, there are a lot of Ex-Minerva in the forces

Dad and uncle are PBOR's, 

Most my trainers in cavalier india we Ex-Minerva's

That was my childhood dream too. I had cleared my SSB, PABT, and medicals for Airforce in 1992 and had my name in merit list of Airforce and Naval Aviation, however since coming from a non service background, had to give in to my dad's whim that I should have my feet on mother earth all the time and had to opt for Army only. 

May be some day Param fulfills his dream in Airforce. 

I have been asking one of the 'youngest' flyer of our field (class 8th ) to aim for IAF right from now. Govt is already getting new Gripen/Typhoon for them....

on the side note.... Gusty sir, i have seen truck flying off  due to the turbine swash of such large transport planes. Isn't it too turbulent for bringing small jet so close, let alone precise aligning with the boom ?

applied the 82AEC,exam will be on 26th feb..

i would go all the way to air force pilot only if I were'nt wearing -3D glasses.. to all the airforce pilots   and   to the ground support and engineers too !

Great!!!

I am also preparing for CDSE which is next month (12th Fab). It is aviation that flows in my nerves. And I can't resist. I was also offered 4yr Aeronautical engineering degree coarse in 2008 by IIAEIT(Indian Institute of aeronautical engg and Information technology) Pune. The problem that time was my parents were not able to afford tuition fees. Only mom being my guardian, applying for Education loan was too much trouble those days atleast in MP.

Now at this point of my life, I can't miss a single chance to get in aviation and serve country.

Gusty sir! I have a little question. How one can prepare for SSB without going coaching classes. My two friends are forcing me to join a tutorial for this. But the problem is same, "$$$".

Don't misunderstand me, I don't intend to give a wrong impression here. But as we all talk in same language, ie; RC and share experiences here. I am comfortable enough to ask for guidance from the seniors.

Please tell us the tips to get prepared for SSB at home.

Thanks.

some books are available in the market..u can use them while preparing..last june i attended my first ssb of Indian Navy,cleared the first round but i was out on the 5th day..have not gone for any coaching class..

Oh great! I hope this time you will clear SSB. And Thanks.  

IMHO, you should not be taking coaching classes for clearing SSB. Like what krish had said books are available for it and they are good enough to know what to expect apart from that you should be acting just what you are.

In SSB they are looking for a confident, optimistic team player who has a fair amount of IQ and good OLQ ( Officer Like Qualities). If you have it in U, you will automatically get selected like a breeze. If you don't have it in you then there is not point  getting selected because then the rest of the tenure in service is going to be a **** hole for you because you are not made for it.

Faking it after going through some coaching class is last thing you should do if you really need to do some good for yourself. You would really do well in some other profession than in Services.

Those days there were no coaching classes for it. Dad got me CSR booklet he came across during his one of tours which gave me idea of what to expect. I had to fall back to the only forces guy I knew those days that was Army Officer from 2 TN Armd NCC supporting our college . He was very helpfull. What guidance he offered me was at second para above.

tried  my  hand after  10+2 at nda.... did not  clear.( reason : did not study)

will surely give it a try after engineering.. not just airforce. but any defense wing.. but first priority IAF.. then IA and then IN

vish and i share the same story...... we two are two spoiled brats in this league
vish i am with u let us get our so called degrees till then i will loose some weight and get physically fit too...will not miss this last chance

if i  want to  get in.... i  have to loose 30Kgs..... they dont need a pilot weighting 100kg

same here  my bmi is more than urs
i suggest we should try to land away our models far away from us and go running to get them....in coming three years if we do this every sunday ...we will definitely loose 10 kgs in three years ....rest 20 diet control and exercise

ONE QUESTION ... are computer engineers allowed in IAF  ?.....if yes there is still a silver lining else agalay janam may dekhengay 


vish ur still lucky ur a mechanical guy...if not air technical field is till there for you

Future is really bright for the guys Joining now, they will get to fly the State of the Art Fighter, Transport and Helis. The closest i fly to a modern fighter is M2K, which is still 80s Tech.

It is turbulent and it is not easy, however, practice and skill matters, as regards jet wake , you both are traveling at the same speed and you are connecting from below. the wake is above you. see this video this is called the whiplash