Bangalore: India’s first indigenous chopper, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH –Dhruv) achieved a new milestone of flying one lakh hours on Wednesday.
The landmark was been achieved in the early hours of Wednesday with the flying of helicopter IA3104 of 301 Army Aviation Sqn (Spl Ops).
“One lakh hours flown by the machine is an awesome feat to achieve. It is a dream machine for any pilot”, said Lt Col Kapil Agarwal, who completed the landmark flying hours.
India is the sixth nation in the world to have the capability to develop helicopters of this class.
ALH-Dhruv is a multi-role, multi-mission new generation all-weather 5.5-tonne weight class helicopter, which can carry 10-16 people at heights of 10,000 feet. It is designed, developed, produced and maintained by HAL.
10/10/13 Daily News & Analysis
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The landmark was been achieved in the early hours of Wednesday with the flying of helicopter IA3104 of 301 Army Aviation Sqn (Spl Ops).
“One lakh hours flown by the machine is an awesome feat to achieve. It is a dream machine for any pilot”, said Lt Col Kapil Agarwal, who completed the landmark flying hours.
India is the sixth nation in the world to have the capability to develop helicopters of this class.
ALH-Dhruv is a multi-role, multi-mission new generation all-weather 5.5-tonne weight class helicopter, which can carry 10-16 people at heights of 10,000 feet. It is designed, developed, produced and maintained by HAL.
10/10/13 Daily News & Analysis
