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Date: 7-11 February 2007
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This year the fifth Aero India Airshow was held. The location was at Yelahanka Air Force Station just north of Bangalore. At Yelahanka An-32s, BAe748s, Do228s, Mi-8s and Chetaks are based. Bangalore itself is famous for the extensive high tech industries located including Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Aero India Show this year was very much influenced by an upcoming 126 Multi Role Combat Aircraft acquisition by the IAF for which a formal Request for Proposals is expected soon. As a result the show was crowded with foreign aircraft which unfortunately removed the need for extra IAF aircraft. Other major acquisition projects that attracted interest were stated orders for six C-130Js, 60 Mil-17s and 40 Su-30MKIs with talk about new maritime patrol aircraft to replace the Tu-142 and off course about UAVs to name just a few. HAL tried to show their best with many different types of new aircraft. Unfortunately, with one fatal crash of an ALH Dhruv helicopter, a mishap with the prototype Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) HJT-36 Sitara and an incident with another Dhruv things did not proceed as planned. With the presence of all the foreign aircraft the show was claimed to be bigger than any other show in Asia. For the general, unregistered public a large grass area along the first part of the runway was open. Registered visitors were also allowed in the exhibition pavilions (BAe748/An-32 hangars) and could have a close view of the first static line. For the more adventurous visitors the whole airbase was available for checking out. The show opened at the 7th for many important IAF and foreign officials with a flypast of Indian Air Force aircraft. This flypast was not repeated the other days. The days before the show all flying was practiced many times, on the sixth culminating in a full airshow including flypast. The visitors listed provided the VIP transport in the early morning and late afternoon. Although units are provided by some foreign aircraft, these were actually on loan to their respective builders like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Saab Aircraft. Unfortunately becoming a tradition with the Indian Air Force most of the squadron emblems are not applied anymore. Static line 1: J4043 Dhruv 151HU/Sarang KF146 Mirage 2000H 9sq KH2001 Tejas HAL S3474 HJT-36 Sitara HAL SB038 Su-30MKI 30sq 10MK2302 39826/826 JAS39D Swedish Air Force 90-0844/WW F-16DJ 14th FS D-MCOO C42 N544LR Hawker 1000 Raytheon N670XL Ce560 VT-ACD Be350 VT-AHB Ce208B Baldota VT-DXE Bell 47G-5 Pushpaka Aviation VT-HOC Hansa NAL VT-KNB Hawker 850XP Span Air Static line 2: C-FGND CRJ900 Bombardier N187GX Global Express XRS Bombardier N36980 Premier 1 Raytheon Near Chalets: KH200X Tejas mock-up - Hawk mock-up Flightline: JS210 Jaguar IS IAF DARIN-II upgrade KH2002, KH2005 Tejas HAL arr 7/2 S3466 HJT-36 Sitara HAL 04-3144 C-130J-30 314thAW 05-5151/HH C-17A 15th AW/154th WG 154 MiG-35 RSK MiG 156 MiG-29OVT RSK-MiG 158563/YD-563 P-3C VP-4 166673/NJ-133 F/A-18F VFA-122 166675/NJ-134 F/A-18F VFA-122 91-0477/WW F-16DJ 13th FS 92-3887/WW F-16CJ 14th FS 98-00011 CH-47F FTD F-GSMT Da900EX Dassault OE-HPK BD100 RF-21512 Be200ChS Beriev/Bombeiros st. VH-AFJ GA8 Airvan Gippsland Aeron. VT-DEP Enstrom 480B Venture-Tara VT-HGL Da2000 VT-TEC MD902 TATA Power VT-VSL Bell 407 VSL Mining Comp. VT-XSD Saras NAL Flypast 6 and 7 February: Flight 1 J4053 Dhruv 151HU SB021 Su-30MKI 20sq SB102 Su-30MKI-3 20sq U775 Kiran Mk1 ASTE U836 Kiran Mk1A FTS Bidar Flight 2 VT-XSD Saras NAL Flight 3 HM667 Do228-201 FWTF HM668 Do228-201 TTW K2701 An-32 FWTF Flight 4 S3474 HJT-36 Sitara HAL Flight 5 IN317/ARK Tu-142M INAS312 Flight 6 KF109, KF112 Mirage 2000H 40Wg RK3452 IL-78MKI 78sq Flight 7 JS151, JS154, JS157(6) Jaguar IS 6sq JS164, JS178, JS203(7) Jaguar IS 6sq The only change in the flight was that JS157 flew on the 6th and JS203 flew on the 7th. Flight 8 KH2001, KH2002 Tejas HAL KH2005(6) Tejas HAL grey c/s Flight 9 IN303/DAB IL-38SD INAS315 Flying from north side of runway: 39229/229 JAS39C Swedish Air Force IA1118, IA1120 (6,7,10) Dhruv 202 AA sq J4045(6,7,10,11) Dhruv 151HU/Sarang J4046(6,7,10,11) Dhruv 151HU/Sarang J4049 (10,11) Dhruv 151HU/Sarang J4063(6,7) Dhruv 151HU/Sarang SB105 Su-30MKI-3 20sq 10MK23405 U2460(6,7,10), U2462(6) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2467(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2469(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2471(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2472(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2480(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2487(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2520(6,7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran U2507(7,10) Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran Z1805 SA319B/HAL ASTE AH181 Z1837 SA319B/HAL ASTE AH220 Z1951, Z2366, Z2384 Mi-8 112HU Z2389, Z2452 Mi-8 112HU Z2836 Mi-8 IAF VIP c/s Z3476(7,11) Lancer 669 AA sq CH272 Z3478(6,10) Lancer 669 AA sq Note that the reports on flying aircraft are included for 6, 7, 10 and 11 February only. The Army choppers returned home every night. Only two Army Dhruvs performed the show each day. As the display teams performed twice a day the dates mentioned above is not exhaustive. Flight line north side of runway: SB106 Su-30MKI-3 20sq 75years c/s 39824/824 JAS39D Swedish Air Force U2481, U2492 Kiran Mk2 52sq/Surya Kiran The other ten Kirans were also parked on this flight line when not taking part in the flying display. Based aircraft flying daily VIP shuttles: Z1411 SA319B/HAL ASTE AH140 Z1414 SA319B/HAL ASTE AH143 North side of runway: H1178/B BAe748-218 HQ TCF H1515, H2377 BAe748-247 HQ TCF IA1116 Dhruv 202 AA sq full mks K2680, K2684, K2739 An-32 FWTF K2751, K3061 An-32 FWTF Z2160, Z2364, Z2452 Mi-8 112HU The Army Dhruv returned to another location near Yelahanka every evening. The unit is currently working up on the Dhruv. Hangars north side of runway: HM672, HM679 Do228-201 FWTF J4047 Dhruv ASTE J4050 + 1 Dhruv 151HU/Sarang Z1372, Z2342 Mi-8 ASTE Dump north side of runway: Z1374 +1 Mi-8 ex 112HU Stored north side of runway: Z2395, Z2366 Mi-8 112HU Preserved near main gate: W1759 TS-11 on pole BSF area: VT-CYX DC-3 Visitors 5 February: VT-HAO Dhruv Gvmt of Yelahanka? Visitors 6 February: H1048/L BAe748-203 IAF VIP c/s K2704/E An-32 12sq RK3454 IL-78MKI 78sq Visitors 7 February: IA1121 Dhruv 202 AA sq K3601, K3604 ERJ135BJ AHQCS RK3454 IL-78MKI 78sq VT-HAR Dhruv ONGC VT-TAT Da2000 Taj Air Visitors 8 February: H1522, H2184, H2374 BAe748-247 IAF K2689, K2706, K2742 An-32 FWTF K2750 An-32 12sq K3013 IL-76MD ARC R&AW K3603 ERJ135BJ AHQCS +10 RK3454 IL-78MKI 78sq +10 VT-HAL SA319B/HAL HAL VT-HAR Dhruv ONGC Visitors 9 February: BH1013 BAe748-203 IAF VIP c/s H1522, H2378 BAe748-247 IAF HM685 Do228-201 IAF K2701 An-32 FWTF K2725, K2736, K3073 An-32 IAF K2726/Y An-32 IAF white & grey c/s K3604 ERJ135BJ AHQCS Visitors 10 February: H1519 BAe748-247 N&SS H1523, H2374 BAe748-247 IAF K2668/A An-32 FWTF K2699/I, K2721 An-32 IAF white & grey c/s K2718/A An-32 PTS K2725 An-32 IAF K2750, K3069, K3072 An-32 12sq Visitors 11 February: H2374, H2378 BAe748-247 IAF K2753 An-32 12sq K3063/F An-32 33sq RK3454 IL-78MKI 78sq
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