India on Saturday successfully flight-tested a Naval version of the light combat aircraft (LCA), the first indigenously designed and developed 4th plus generation combat aircraft designed to operate from the decks of air-craft carriers.With the latest test flight, the LCA Naval version has proved its worthiness and is ready for induction into the Indian Navy.
''LCA (Navy) Prototype 1 (NP1), took-off from ski-jump facility of shore-based test facility at INS Hansa in Goa yesterday. Piloted by Commodore Jaideep Maolankar, the chief test pilot of National Flight Test Centre, the aircraft had a perfect flight with results matching the predicted ones to the letter,'' an official release stated.
''The indigenous Indian Naval Carrier Borne Aviation programme has been launched, literally from the Ski-Jump,'' the release stated.
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''LCA (Navy) Prototype 1 (NP1), took-off from ski-jump facility of shore-based test facility at INS Hansa in Goa yesterday. Piloted by Commodore Jaideep Maolankar, the chief test pilot of National Flight Test Centre, the aircraft had a perfect flight with results matching the predicted ones to the letter,'' an official release stated.
''The indigenous Indian Naval Carrier Borne Aviation programme has been launched, literally from the Ski-Jump,'' the release stated.
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