… and coming back to the topic at hand…
India had previously attempted to build a supersonic fighter : the HF-73, a development of the Marut (the HF-24, designed by the great German Kurt Tank). HF-73 was to use engines with more power. A prototype was also built. However this project was cancelled after a crash.(speculated as engine failure) 🙁 … i’v seen a pic of the crash debris(broken tail fin,etc) in a book at a nearby library..but never found any picture of the prototype that was built or its crash anywhere on the net 🙁
Infact the LCA when inducted will be given a HF-xx designation, following the naming pattern (HF standing for Hindusthan Fighter). Infact the phrase LCA is equivalent to “ATF” of the F-22 programme…and Tejas is equivalent to the Phrase “raptor” or “maruth” of the F-22 and HF-24’s.
In most probability the LCA will be called the HF-84 Tejas 😎
PS, (EDIT) : Some of the pics on the previous page are incorrect…the HF-73 was a single tail fin aircraft that looks a little like the Jaguar, and not the one that is posted in the previous page of something that looks like a Mig-25.
Regards,
Stealth Spy 🙂
Thanks for that information !!! 😉
Regarding these “Mig-25 + Tornado”-cross-over it’s from a German aviation magazine called FlugRevue and seems to show an artist impression as nothing was known about that project in the West when this article was published !
Do You have any more information and esp. pictures ??? And another question: Are there any concepts, studies or configurations published of the early phase of the LCA-programe ??
Thanks in advance, Deino 🙂
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