HAL TO TAKE PART IN PARIS AIR SHOW
The Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited (HAL), Bangalore will take part in this year’s Paris Air
Show beginning on June 15, 2003. The indigenously developed
Dhruv helicopter, will fly during the show. The Dhruv
helicopter has already been inducted into the Indian Air Force,
Navy and Coast Guard since March 2002. Two Dhruv helicopters
left for Paris on June 06, 2003 in an AN 124-100 aircraft. One
of them would take part on each of the show days with a flight
demonstration and the second helicopter fitted with a glass cockpit,
self protection system and surveillance pod would be on static
display.
The indigenously
manufactured Dhruv is being flown for the first time outside
India. This helicopter generated a lot of interest internally
when it was flown at the Aero India 2003, Bangalore in February
this year. Besides from the flight demonstration, the helicopter
would also be offered to prospective customers for flight evaluation.
