Gp Capt Kapil Bhargava needs no introduction. His articles have been gracing the pages of publications like Air Forces Monthly, Air Enthusiast, Flypast , Air International and Indian Aviation for many years.

Commissioned in Oct 1950 in the 53rd Pilots Course, he flew Spitfires and Vampires before attending the Empire Test Pilots School in UK to graduate as one of India's pioneer test pilots.

In his test flying career with the IAF, besides production test flying, He flew the first flights of the HAL Pushpak, the HS-748 'Avro' and the Messerschmitt HA 300 Fighter designed by Egypt.  The first flight of the HS748 earned him one of the first Vayusena Medals awarded to the IAF - in 1962.

He was also the first commandant of ASTE and served as the Station Commander of Jodhpur.

After his career in the Air Force, he was with the Flight Safety Directorate of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore before retirement.