Bengaluru: They braved the longest traffic congestion, the hot sun, and worse, all to watch some of the world’s most sophisticated fighter jets and the world’s most lovable aerobatic teams as the biannual air show opened for the public on Saturday. And they – Bengalureans - were not a few themselves, but a hundred thousand by rough estimate, jostling to get in and angling for the right spots around the runway at the Yelahanka air force station.
America’s F-16 Falcon, the French Rafale, over which negotiations are on to acquire 126 of the jets for the Indian Air Force, and the gold standard of Aero India for a number of years now, and the IAF’s Sukhoi-30 MKI left the crowds dazzled with their feats. The Tejas light combat aircraft, India’s pride, showed that its capabilities are growing. And the breathtaking Breitling Wing Walkers girls, the Yakovlev and the Scandinavian aerobatics display teams won the hearts, and were mobbed for autographs.
22/02/15 Amit S. Upadhye/Deccan Chronicle
America’s F-16 Falcon, the French Rafale, over which negotiations are on to acquire 126 of the jets for the Indian Air Force, and the gold standard of Aero India for a number of years now, and the IAF’s Sukhoi-30 MKI left the crowds dazzled with their feats. The Tejas light combat aircraft, India’s pride, showed that its capabilities are growing. And the breathtaking Breitling Wing Walkers girls, the Yakovlev and the Scandinavian aerobatics display teams won the hearts, and were mobbed for autographs.
22/02/15 Amit S. Upadhye/Deccan Chronicle
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