New Delhi: Over nine minutes on Monday next, 30 aircraft of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force will roar over Rajpath during the Republic Day parade, watched by US president Barack Obama, President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many others.
Unseen, 30 more aircraft will be in the air as back up. All 60 - a medley of helicopters, surveillance aircraft and supersonic fighters - will be managed in a tight juggling act by a small make-shift Control Tower that has been set up at Vayu Bhawan - the Indian Air Force Headquarters - at Moti Lal Nehru Marg that flanks Rajpath.
Not only will the aircraft fly at different speeds and height in a limited airspace, each type will take off from a separate base spread over Delhi and neighbouring Rajasthan and Punjab.
"All the 60 odd aircraft depending on their sequence will take off and be holding over at various heights in Jhahhar in Haryana, Jaipur in Rajasthan and Charki Dadri near Bhiwani in Haryana," a senior IAF officer said.
While only 30 aircraft will take part in the fly-past, each will have a back-up in air. "In case one of the planes develops a snag the replacement will swing in immediately," another officer told NDTV.
21/01/15 NDTV
Unseen, 30 more aircraft will be in the air as back up. All 60 - a medley of helicopters, surveillance aircraft and supersonic fighters - will be managed in a tight juggling act by a small make-shift Control Tower that has been set up at Vayu Bhawan - the Indian Air Force Headquarters - at Moti Lal Nehru Marg that flanks Rajpath.
Not only will the aircraft fly at different speeds and height in a limited airspace, each type will take off from a separate base spread over Delhi and neighbouring Rajasthan and Punjab.
"All the 60 odd aircraft depending on their sequence will take off and be holding over at various heights in Jhahhar in Haryana, Jaipur in Rajasthan and Charki Dadri near Bhiwani in Haryana," a senior IAF officer said.
While only 30 aircraft will take part in the fly-past, each will have a back-up in air. "In case one of the planes develops a snag the replacement will swing in immediately," another officer told NDTV.
21/01/15 NDTV
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