Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Aero India 2019 beings with tribute to Wing Commander Sahil

The LCA Tejas also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during the fly plays. Incidentally Vajpayee had christened the aircraft as Tejas. The IAF's Sarang team in Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) performed breathtaking formations.
Missing man formation The inaugural fly past at the Aero India show paid tribute to Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi who lost his life in Tuesday's mid-air collision of the IAF's Surya Kiran
aircrafts. These aircrafts were carrying out a practice sortie for the Aero India 2019. While Gandhi died, two other pilots were injured.Three aircrafts paid tribute with the missing man formation at the inaugural flypast. Three aircrafts that flew in the missing man formation were Jaguar, Tejas and Su-30 Mki.
At the home of Wing Commander Sahil Gandhi's parents in Hisar, there is a pall of gloom. Sahil's father is a retired bank officer. His mother recently retired as HoD of the College of Home Sciences of Haryana Agricultural University.
20/02/19 Bangalore Mirror

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