Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Tejas Production Variant Makes First Flight


The Indian Air Force got a step closer to inducting a home-grown fighter jet into its squadron when the first Tejas series production (SP-1) aircraft kissed the skies on Tuesday.

Military sources confirmed to Express that during the 25-minute flight, Tejas SP-1 touched a maximum speed of 0.6 Mach, copying textbook manoeuvres befitting a maiden outing.

The sole take-away from this flight was the fact that there was no telemetry support to the pilot.

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