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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

#PlaneCarnival: Sukhois are the best, say display pilots



OneIndia Defence Desk
Photos: A Veeramani
The ground crew was readying a mighty Sukhoi (Su-30 MKI) at the northern side of the runway at AFS Yelahanka when OneIndia was invited for an interaction with the display team. “We have an early slot during post-lunch display,” says Flight Lieutenant Navjot Singh. Along with him are Wing Commander AN Karulkar (Commanding Officer), Wing Commander CU V Rao and Flight Lieutenant Prashant Sharma. 

The Sukhois have been topping the showstoppers’ list during every air shows and this time too it was no different. The loop, tumble, yaw, tail slide, minimum radius turns,rolls, high and low speed runs are some of the sky stunts being executed by the Sukhoi flying display team.

This report appeared on OneIndia on 22 Feb 2015. Full report here: http://bit.ly/1DJCEmw