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Friday, January 23, 2009

LCA Tejas crosses 1000 sorties landmark

Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)With a thundering roar the lithe grey Tejas prototype aircraft Serial number KH 2012 took to the air, a sight which the residents of the Bangalore have got well used to now.

But this sortie was different – a landmark in Indian aeronautical history for, on this day the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bangalore built Tejas crossed the 1000 sorties mark.

A thousand sorties is a very significant milestone in an aircraft’s development programme. and is indicative of the level of maturity the aircraft and the systems have achieved.

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