Navy pilots to learn landing, taking off from aircraft carrier

Indian Navy pilots will learn the tricks of landing and taking off their MiG-29K and LCA Tejas combat planes on aircraft carriers from a shore-based facility, which was commissioned in Goa on Friday.

The Shore-based Test Facility (SBTF)-- which is the third facility of its kind in the world and first of its kind in Asia -- was operationalised at the Naval Air Station, Hansa in Goa, a Goa Shipyard Limited release said.

"This unique installation replicates a shore-based facility of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which is under construction at the Cochin Shipyard Limited," it said.

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