Nagpur: As spectators at Sonegaon airbase looked up at the skies to see the helicopters perform during the full dress rehearsal of the air show, in a corner, a low profile character was busy arranging remote-controlled aircraft models. Rajesh Joshi, who had finished with aeromodelling display which preceded the choppers, looked like any other unassuming person, till an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer introduced him.
Post Kargil, when unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were still a new concept for the IAF, this humble NCC instructor was among those who gave pilots the much needed skill. Among his pupils were the then Flight Lieutenant K Nachiketa whose plane was downed and he was taken as a Prisoner of War by Pakistan. They made the first batch of UAV pilots.
31/10/13 Shishir Arya/Times of India
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Post Kargil, when unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were still a new concept for the IAF, this humble NCC instructor was among those who gave pilots the much needed skill. Among his pupils were the then Flight Lieutenant K Nachiketa whose plane was downed and he was taken as a Prisoner of War by Pakistan. They made the first batch of UAV pilots.
31/10/13 Shishir Arya/Times of India
