Bangalore: Defence officials organising the Aero India 2015 seem to have overwhelmed their 'adversaries' in the air - the birds - to keep the flying aircraft safe; but when it comes to those on land - the simian platoons who keep raiding the airbase - the officials seem to have thrown up their hands in surrender.
The country's premier air show is scheduled to begin its five-day sojourn on February 18 at Air Force Station Yelahanka (AFSY), a flight training establishment airbase which is infested with monkeys.
Mayaskar Deo Singh, director of Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO), which organises the Aero India events, said while the bird menace is being taken care of by the station flight safety units, it was the simian menace that they were unable to overcome.
Monkeys do not threaten the flights as birds do, whenever there is an event like Aero India, the monkeys come in platoons, uninvited but attracted by the variety of food available there at the food court as well as at the other stalls.
"The monkey menace is still there. But then...we are in their territory," he said in a lighter vein, pointing out to the fact that the area has always been a simian bastion.
AFSY was raised in August 1963 as a flight training establishment from where mainly transport aircraft like AN-32s and Avros are operated. However, before that the area was flush with trees which were home to the monkeys.
15/02/15 Nirad Mudur/Bangalore Mirror
The country's premier air show is scheduled to begin its five-day sojourn on February 18 at Air Force Station Yelahanka (AFSY), a flight training establishment airbase which is infested with monkeys.
Mayaskar Deo Singh, director of Defence Exhibition Organisation (DEO), which organises the Aero India events, said while the bird menace is being taken care of by the station flight safety units, it was the simian menace that they were unable to overcome.
Monkeys do not threaten the flights as birds do, whenever there is an event like Aero India, the monkeys come in platoons, uninvited but attracted by the variety of food available there at the food court as well as at the other stalls.
"The monkey menace is still there. But then...we are in their territory," he said in a lighter vein, pointing out to the fact that the area has always been a simian bastion.
AFSY was raised in August 1963 as a flight training establishment from where mainly transport aircraft like AN-32s and Avros are operated. However, before that the area was flush with trees which were home to the monkeys.
15/02/15 Nirad Mudur/Bangalore Mirror
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