Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (trainer version) was flown in Bengaluru recently by Deputy Chief of Air Staff (DCAS) Air Marshal SBP Sinha. Having had first hand experience and feel of the aircraft the DCAS expressed that the aircraft handles well both on the ground and in the air. He was on a two day visit to Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) during which, he took a review of various aspects of Tejas programme.
With all the problems and glitches from the drawing board to the skies that marked the process of producing and developing the Tejas, Programme Director (Combat Aircraft) and Director ADA PS Subramanyam feeling assured, said, “This flight of Tejas by a senior IAF commander indicates the high degree of confidence in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft”.
