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Air chief takes to the skies
BANGALORE,
FEB. 8.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, today had a firsthand experience on the British advanced jet trainer, Hawk.
The Air Chief, who flew the aircraft at the IAF airbase at Yelahanka, venue of the fifth Aero India show beginning tomorrow, later told newsmen that it was a magnificent flight.
BAE Systems, which has signed a contract with the IAF for 66 Hawk advanced jet trainers, will deliver the first aircraft by 2006-end. "The first Hawk 132 advanced jet trainer will be flown during the next Aero India in 2007," a senior official of BAE Systems told newsmen.
India had in March last year signed a contract for $1.45 billion with BAE systems for 66 Hawks.
Of this, 22 would be supplied directly by the company and the rest would be built on contract basis at the HAL complex here. — UNI
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