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PHOTOS: My Flight In The Rafale

Yep, that’s me in the back cockpit. My deep thanks to the super-talented Vishal Jolapara for capturing my Rafale flight with his camera. He’ll be […]

Just did a 46-minute sortie in a Rafale at Yelahanka, and have been informed that I’m the first Indian civilian to fly in the fighter.

I’ve been given the chance to be the first Indian journalist to fly in the Dassault Rafale (the one in the picture) at Aero India,

Photos Courtesy DPR Defence

“Price negotiations for the MMRCA begin in a week or two. I am hopeful of a decision by September this year, unless dissatisfied vendors put

Photo by Shiv Aroor

Quickly got this picture before being pulled away by security (I had to clamber onto a “no-step” platform for this angle). Not quite a top-shot,

First photos from May 2010 are here. More about the LUH here. Photos by Shiv Aroor

Better than (and quite different from) the clunky model they displayed two years ago on a Su-30. Astra++? Photo by Shiv Aroor

Found this model of India’s Rustom-H long endurance UAV today. A full-scale mock-up of the bird made its debut at the last Aero India, replaced