Thiruvananthapuram: A pitched battle for airspace over Thiruvananthapuram is threatening to elbow out the State’s only Air Wing NCC unit from the capital city. With more and more international and desi carriers jostling for space at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, the No:1 Kerala Air Squadron NCC is finding its flying hours drastically cut by the airport authorities.
?Finding itself practically grounded, the squadron has now requested the State Government to either allocate it space at the Sainik School, Kazhakkoottam, or, move it permanently to the Asramam Ground in neighbouring Kollam district.
?‘’I need to fly. What’s the point in hanging around an airfield if I can’t fly,’’ asks a worried Wing Commander D Sendhil Kumar, Commander of the Squadron. Every Vayu Sainik Year - that is from October to September the next year - his 200 cadets are required to undergo flying training. The squadron presently has a Zenair Micro-Light which shares hangar space at the Indian Air Force Station at Shangumugham.
06/08/11 Indian Express
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