Nagpur: A fleeting fly-past of the Sukhoi 30s and absence of the much loved Suryakiran dampened the spirits of people who had flocked the surrounding areas of the airport at Sonegaon to watch the air show organized by the Air Force Maintenance Command on Sunday.
Many terraces in the vicinity of the airport had turned into picnic spots as people gathered along with their friends and families to watch the much-awaited air show which they later dubbed as 'flop show'. For many of them it turned out to be a get-together sans excitement.
The only thing which people could witness in the name of the 'air show' was a brief sighting of the Sukhoi aircraft which had arrived from Pune for the fly past. "It did not last even for a few minutes! I didn't even realize when the planes flew over us like three huge birds," said CV Raghav, a student. The Sukhoi 30s, which were supposed to perform two sorties, had to abandon the second one due to miscalculations regarding fuel consumption, said an IAF source.
26/11/12 Shishir Arya & Aparna Nair/Times of India
