HAL and the Indian Aviation Industry

 Wing Commander (Retd) Inder Mohan Chopra is a distinguished test pilot who served as the Chairman…

Messerschmitt’s HA-300 And Its Indian Connection

The Helwan HA300 fighter prototype was originally a project by Hispano Aviacion in Spain before it…

The Indian Air Force in Iraq

One of the lesser known episodes of the IAF's involvement with foreign air forces was its…

..and there were none!

Gp Capt Anant Bewoor writes on the ills affecting the basic trainer HPT-32's service in the…

And then there were none..

In this Op Ed

HAL LCA – First Flight

The momentous day from 2001, when the LCA took to the air for the first time. 

Pratap Chandra Lal

Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, DFCCAS, 16 July 1969 - 15 Jan 1973

Aircraft Accidents in Military Aviation

This article was first appeared in the MilAviationSafety Group. Reproduced with permission

The MS 755 Fleuret Story – A Forgotten Chapter

In 1954, a the prototype Morane-Saulner MS-755 Fleuret trainer arrived in India for an evaluation in…

Sikh Pilots in the IAF in WW2

Sikh Pilots in the Indian Air Force in World War Two by Mr. Pushpindar Singh Excerpted…