I don’t think I’ve seen these before.
The photographs of IAF SU 30 escorting the recently acquired Air India Boeing 777 prior to their arrival, the Indian Air Force and Air India are both celebrating their Platinum jubilee.
Sorry if posted before
Pictures Courtesy ajaishukla
Main Airframe Static Test on Tejas:
A Limited Series Production (LSP) Tejas fighter undergoing a Main Airframe Static Test (MAST)
The MAST procedure involves monitoring every significant inch of the airframe through 4000 strain gauge channels. This is done while simulating actual flight conditions. There is an acoustic system that gives real time warning of failure, even early warning of likely failure.
After going through a MAST, the reactions of the airframe while flying has been pretty much predicted.
Tejas Light Combat Aircraft: two-seater trainer photo:
The trainer, HAL hopes, will fly within three months. The under-construction version that you see in the photograph was about to be taken for its “structural coupling test”, in which various sensors are excited and the aircraft response evaluated.
Designing the two-seater has taken some doing. The second cockpit has been installed at the place where all the avionics and controls are fitted for the single-seater version. The duplication of controls, and the reconfiguration of equipment has required major redesign.
Larger images at his blog
Indradhanush – Sukhoi-30s to the UK
Just before they leave….
The Rhino pilots with MKI SB043
Men of the MARS – Il-78 aircrew
CAPTION: 070409-N-9851B-003 Philippine Sea (April 9, 2007) – Indian Navy guided-missile destroyer INS Mysore (D 60) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) steam in formation as part of Exercise Malabar 07-01. The bilateral U.S.-Indian Navy training exercise is being held off the coast of Okinawa to increase interoperability between the Indian and U.S. Navies while enhancing the cooperative security relationship between the two countries. Nearly a dozen Indian and U.S. ships and various aircraft are participating. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John L. Beeman.
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