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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Tejas successfully completes drop tank jettison trial

LCA TejasIndia's light combat aircraft Tejas has successfully completed the 'drop tank jettison trial' over the recently commissioned air-to-ground range of National Flight Test Centre at Chitradurga .

The 1,200-litre drop tank jettison trial was conducted yesterday at a critical point in the jettison envelope on Tejas LSP-3 aircraft, piloted by Group Captian Suneet Krishna, P S Subramanyam, Programme Director (CA) and Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency, said in a statement here.

Jettisonable drop tanks are carried by a combat aircraft, after completing the mission and are required to be dropped from the mother aircraft for a quick getaway from the enemy territory and other emergency situations.

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