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Mumbai: A Redbird Aviation training aircraft was involved in an incident near Baramati airport in Maharashtra on Tuesday during a solo training sortie, though the cadet pilot escaped unhurt, the flying training organisation said.The aircraft, a Tecnam P2008JC bearing registration VT-RFY, was involved in the occurrence at Gojubavi in the vicinity of Baramati airport at…
NEW DELHI: Becoming a pilot has just got more expensive with the hike in jet fuel price and the rupee crashing. Getting a commercial pilot licence (CPL) in India — which involves flying for a minimum of 200 hours and clearing theory exams — used to cost about Rs 50-60 lakh earlier in India, and…
Aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has temporarily eased pilot flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms for long-haul operations, a senior official said on Tuesday.The move is intended to ensure adequate pilot availability and maintain smooth flight operations, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Asangba Chuba Ao, said during a media…
The site in Iran, where the Americans destroyed aircraft during the rescue of a USAF F-15 pilot. Reuters On Friday, a United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, of the 494th Fighter Squadron, was shot down over the dry mountainous region of South Western Iran, near the historic city of Isfahan. As soon as the…
The wounded US airman stranded deep inside hostile Iranian territory after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down, survived for more than a day by relying on training, terrain and sheer discipline, according to details reported by CNN.Hiding in a mountain crevice and constantly on the move, the weapons systems officer evaded Iranian search teams…
The US military carried out one of the most “daring search-and-rescue operations” in the country’s history, extracting a senior crew member officer of the downed F-15 jet from Iran on Sunday.He said that the rescue of a stranded American colonel behind enemy lines in Iran was the result of hours of real-time tracking, coordination and…
Military aviation experts have outlined what it takes for a fighter pilot whose jet is shot down behind enemy lines to hide, survive, and be rescued by extraction troops, as US crews conduct search-and-rescue operations after Iran reportedly downed a US Air Force F‑15E Strike Eagle on Friday.According to reports, one crew member—likely the pilot—has…
US jet shot down in Iran: Israel says one pilot rescued, search on for second one Source link
Iranian state-linked media on Friday claimed that a US fighter pilot had been downed and possibly captured inside the country, as conflicting reports emerged amid an intensifying regional conflict. There has been no immediate confirmation from Washington, with the US Central Command, the Pentagon and the White House yet to respond.According to Iranian outlets, the…
Nasa on Wednesday (local time) confirmed that the Orion spacecraft had successfully separated from the rocket’s upper stage as part of the Artemis II mission. The agency said that proximity operations tests were now underway.Sharing the video of the separation online, Nasa said astronauts aboard Orion were manually piloting the spacecraft in a way similar…
