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Tejas of Hope or Rafale from Grace?

October 8, 2019 kaypius 8 Comments Air Experience, Beauty of Flight, LCA Tejas, MMRCA, Rafale, Rajnath Singh, Raksha Mantri first flight on Tejas, RM flies Rafale

The honourable Raksha Mantri of India Shri Rajnath Singh recently undertook a flight on the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’

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Automation on Helicopters: Lessons From Fatal Accidents

October 5, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments AFCS, Automation, Autopilots, helicopters, Managing the Magenta, UPRT on helicopters, Vertical Magazine

When highly automated helicopters are hand-flown into the ground by pressing the wrong buttons, it is time to review some

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How Dare You?

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 kaypius 5 Comments Climate Change, Climate Warriors, Global Warming, Greta Thunberg, Saalumarada Thimmakka, Saving Planet Earth

How dare you mock and attack 16 year old climate change activist Greta Thunberg? How dare you make light of

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Naval Helicopters – Challenges & Opportunities

September 18, 2019September 19, 2019 kaypius 0 Comments Dynamic interface testing, flight testing, Helicopter-ship integration, MRH, naval helicopters, NMRH, SHOL

It’s a couple of hours after the sun set into the ink-blue ocean. Ashore, people are returning home, cursing the

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LCA (Navy): Love at First Trap!

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 kaypius 11 Comments Aeronautical Decision Making, Flight Testing Roadmap for Indian Navy, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, LCA Navy, Light Combat Aircraft, Naval LCA, on file please, Tejas

Recall the old proverb: ‘success has many fathers. Defeat is an orphan’. Nowhere does it ring as true as in

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Indian LUH Soars High

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments Advanced Light Helicopter, flight testing, HAL, helicopters, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Armed Forces, Light Utility Helicopter, LUH, Make in India

In a significant milestone, the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) developed by state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) recently demonstrated its ‘hot

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That Bloody Kamov Guy!

September 8, 2019September 9, 2019 kaypius 13 Comments CDPCM, Coaxial rotor system, Indian Navy, Kamov 25, Kamov 28, Kamov 28 MLU, Kamov 31, Kamovs, Naval Air Arm, rotorcraft design, Rudder reversal, Seaking Mk42B, Syncropters

There are few scenes that can match the aura of a helicopter coming in to land on a small deck

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Hugs & Rocket Science

September 7, 2019September 9, 2019 kaypius 15 Comments Chandrayaan2, Gaganyaan, incredible india, ISRO, leadership, Vikram Moonlander

In the dark moments of Sep 6-7, 2019, when earth went about its axis, millions of space enthusiasts from India

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Help is on the way, dear!

September 4, 2019 kaypius 2 Comments Brexit, Demonetization, Indian Naval Academy, Leadership Lessons, life lessons, Military life, NAVAC, ocean's best, parenting

Recent initiatives by some world leaders reminded me of the closing scenes from Mrs Doubtfire. Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) does

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Wirestrike: A Clear & Present Danger

August 27, 2019 kaypius 5 Comments Air Crash Investigation, flight safety, HTAWS, VT-AVV Crash at Aligarh, VT-CMM Crash at Latur, wirestrike, WSPS

In the late 80s, a naval Chetak (Alouette III) operating on a patrol mission over Gulf of Mannar (Operation Tasha)

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Fire & Ice – Part II

August 19, 2019 kaypius 0 Comments Affairs, Fiction, Infidelity, Modernism, Romance, short story, Unfaithful, WhatsApp Affairs, When to Stop

Part II – The Homecoming “Of course Su, I was just thinking how lucky I am to have you with

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Jammu & Kashmir – When Geography Became History

August 6, 2019 kaypius 6 Comments Abrogation of Art 370 & 35A, Article 35A, Article 370, India, Indo-Pak Relations, Jammu & Kashmir, Two Nation Theory

For Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), history defined geography in 1947. On 5th Aug 2019, that geography became history. Going Back

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Navy to HAL – We Dare, You Survive

July 30, 2019August 5, 2019 kaypius 29 Comments Alouette, Chetak Replacement, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Indian Navy, NUH, We dare you survive

It’s one thing to accept a hard reality and move on with ‘we fight with what we have’ spirit, and

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Kargil Vijay Diwas – Five Questions for the Silent Service

July 26, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments Indian Navy, Kargil after 20 years, Kargil Vijay Diwas, Naval Armament, naval aviation, NBCD, Shipbuilding

20 Years to Kargil Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated every year on 26th July to commemorate India’s military victory on

Rotary Wing Job Opportunities

Rotary Wing Opportunities

July 15, 2019September 25, 2019 kaypius 9 Comments Careers, Employment, helicopter jobs, Jobs, Pilot jobs, Recruitment, Rotary wing job opportunities, Rotor Transition Program

Dear friends from the rotary wing community, Thanks to your continued patronage and readership, Kaypius has an international audience of

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A Simple Navigation Problem!

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 kaypius 5 Comments Building confusion, Google Maps, Navigation, Navigation for Mummies!, travel stories, Travelogue, Urban Navigation, Volkwagen

Once upon a time, we used to know the way around our cities and villages without tapping on a Gorilla

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My ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Why BJP MP Balaknath’s Helicopter Spun Around!

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 kaypius 6 Comments Helicopter Performance, helicopters, Hot & high, Loss of tail rotor effectiveness, LTE, Tail Rotor, Tail rotor troubles

What Happened On Sunday, 30th Jun 2019, a light helicopter (appears to be a single-engine Bell 407) carrying BJP Member

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Love & Jet Fuel!

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 kaypius 12 Comments 153 Pilots Course, Air Force Academy, Air Force Station, Bidar, Indian Air Force, Joy of Flying, Kancha & Kanchi, Learning to fly, Love & jet fuel, Wings of Gold

In the summer of 1993, a group of young Sub Lieutenants from the Indian Navy arrived at IAF’s cradle of

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Airbus-PHL Sign MoU: Any Rainbow of Hope for Indian Helicopter Industry?

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 kaypius 1 Comment Airbus Helicopters, AS365 Dauphin N3, AW139, Bell Flight, Bombay High, Leonardo, Offshore Flying, Pawan Hans Limited, Pilot Report on AW139, Sikorsky

Airbus Helicopters and Indian helicopter major Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19th Jun 2019

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Rising From The Ashes

June 20, 2019 kaypius 14 Comments Air Crash Investigation, Debashish Poddar, INAS 550, INAS 561, Leadership Lessons, naval aviation, Philipose George Pynumootil, Pynumootil and Jose Islander crash 1985, Service before self, Simon George Pynumootil

On 17th May 1985, a small Islander aircraft with two crew onboard was launched for a non-stop cross country (NSXC)

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AN-32 Crash of 3rd Jun 2019: Tombstone Imperatives

June 15, 2019 kaypius 8 Comments Accident Investigation, Aeronautical Decision Making, An-32 Crash, flight safety, Indian Armed Forces

It’s a cruel irony hard to miss. A nation that sent its first man to space 35 years ago, now

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An-32 Crash 3rd June 19: Don’t Give Up Hope. Miracles Do Happen

June 10, 2019June 18, 2019 kaypius 5 Comments Air Crash Investigation, An-32 Crash, flight safety, Indian Air Force

It has been a week since an Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft with 13 crew onboard went missing after taking

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Naval Chief’s Clarion Call – Gangway Perfume or Cast in Steel?

June 6, 2019June 6, 2019 kaypius 11 Comments Leadership Lessons

Sometimes, organisational drift can become so large that basic virtues and unquestionable codes of conduct require a rude awakening all

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IAF An-32 Crash 03 June 2019: My First Thoughts

June 4, 2019June 18, 2019 kaypius 9 Comments An-32 Crash, Indian Air Force

An Indian Air Force An-32 aircraft with 13 crew onboard went missing after taking off from Jorhat at about 12:27

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Naval Terminologies Decoded!

May 31, 2019June 1, 2019 kaypius 8 Comments Going Dutch, humour, Members Only Please, WhatsApp Affairs

Long before WhatsApp, LMAO & ROFL were invented, naval personnel had a fulsome dictionary of acronyms. They were used for

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Nuts & Bolts of Leadership: Admiral RL Pereira’s Speech

May 25, 2019May 26, 2019 kaypius 9 Comments Adm RL Pereira, leadership, Military leadership, Nuts & bolts of leadership, remembrance, Tribute

Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira PVSM AVSM (1923-1993) was the 10th Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy (Mar 1979

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Balakot & Beyond – Our Bark Should Not Become Worse Than Our Bite

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 kaypius 12 Comments Balakot & beyond, balakot air strike, leadership, Mig21 versus F16, Military leadership

A media report indicates that IAF is in the process of finalising the Court of Inquiry (CoI) into the Mi-17V5

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AH-64E ‘Apache Indian’ Added to IAF Inventory – Who Are The Real ‘Guardians’?

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019 kaypius 1 Comment AH-64E Apache, Attack Helicopters, Indian Air Force, Indian Armed Forces, Multirole Helicopters

Heralding another multi billion-dollar import of weaponry, the first of 22 AH-64E (I) Apache ‘Guardian’ attack helicopters was formally handed

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INS Viraat Controversy: Lessons For Our Armed Forces

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 kaypius 18 Comments Ceremonials, fatigue, INS Viraat, Narendra Modi, Overseas Deployment, Rajiv Gandhi, Rest & recreation

INS Viraat, the aircraft carrier that weathered many storms and served India with distinction for over three decades finds itself

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Helicopter Rescue – The Golden Hour is Ticking Away

May 7, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments Helicopter Rescue, Night Flying, Night Medevac, Night VFR, Search and Rescue, SHOL

Consider this true-life scenario that played out at sea few years ago. The Situation A naval ship is proceeding to

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Service Before Self or Self Service?

April 26, 2019April 27, 2019 kaypius 43 Comments Honour & Respect, leadership, NFU

“Sanj, can you grate half a coconut for me before you leave?” Any person who takes positions either side of

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Flying Leonardo’s AW139 – The Offshore Industry’s Workhorse

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 kaypius 8 Comments Automation, AW139, helicopters, Leonardo, Offshore Flying, Pilot Report on AW139

As a pilot flying for the offshore oil & gas industry in India, I am fortunate to actively fly two

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Indian Elections 2019: Ab ki baar, WhatsApp Sarkar!

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments Fake News, General Elections 2019, Media, Modi versus RaGa, social media

If well-educated, middle-class folks with access to the ‘information superhighway’ could boil a bunch of coriander leaves, filter and drink

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The Alouette & Lama Must Go

April 16, 2019September 27, 2019 kaypius 5 Comments Accident Investigation, Chetak Cheetah Crashes, Chetak Replacement, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, LUH, Naval Utility Helicopter

[This story was originally written in 2016 after a fatal Cheetah crash that killed three officers. A press release of

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So You Wanna Be a Test Pilot?

April 11, 2019 kaypius 9 Comments Above & Beyond, AFTPS, ASTE, Flight Test Course, flight testing

“Yes. I don’t know what it takes, but I want to be one”, said the young aviator with stars in

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Bad Days for IAF: Who Should Take Responsibility?

April 1, 2019 kaypius 23 Comments Air Warriors, IAF airstrike, Mi17V5 crash at Budgam, Mig21 versus F16, National Security, Nationalism versus Patriotism, Pulwama attack, Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman

When it rains, it pours. For the Indian Air Force (IAF), it’s been pouring misery for three months. In yet

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A Naval Chief Rises From The Eagle’s Eyrie

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 kaypius 13 Comments Chief of the Naval Staff, Cockpit versus Bridge, First Naval Chief from Helicopters, Indian Navy, Kamov 25

In a surprise announcement, the Government of India announced on 22nd Mar 19 that the next Chief of the Naval

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Grounding of Boeing 737 MAX: How Long Before DGCA Sets Standards Others Follow?

March 16, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments DGCA, EASA, Ethiopian B737MAX crash, FAA, Lion Air Flight 610, Regulations

In a remarkable show of alacrity, Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) grounded the Boeing 737 MAX fleet after two

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Pulwama & Beyond: Don’t Mix Blood & Votes

March 10, 2019 kaypius 19 Comments Abhinandan, Indian Air Force, Mig21 versus F16, Modernisation, Pulwama attack, social media, Surya Kiran, Who will save the saviours?

If everyone is done with the chest thumping, sloganeering and points-scoring over recent military actions, I have some sobering thoughts

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Toba Toba Toba!

February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 kaypius 15 Comments Airgicalstrike, balakot air strike, IAF airstrike, Indiastrikesback, POK, Surgicalstrikes

How would you like to be citizen of a country where the army holds such a vice grip on affairs

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Surya Kiran Crash at Aero India 2019 – Should The Show Go On?

February 19, 2019February 22, 2019 kaypius 4 Comments Aero India 2019, Air Crash Investigation, display flying, Midair collision, Surya Kiran

What Happened? The IAF’s recent run of ill luck hit a new low today 19th February 2019 when two Hawk

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Rafale Row – All That Twitters is Not Gold

February 13, 2019October 9, 2019 kaypius 6 Comments CAG Audit of Capital Acquisition, Defence Procurement, IAF accepts first Rafale, IAF Day 2019, IAF Rafale, MMRCA, Rafale Scam, The Quint

A report of CAG Audit into Capital Acquisition in Indian Air Force was tabled in the Parliament on 13th February

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When a Naval Aviator Flew the Mi-26 ‘Halo’

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 kaypius 21 Comments CH47F Chinook, Heavy Lift Helicopter, IAF, Mi-26, Thinking big

First four of the 15 CH47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters ordered by Indian Air Force arrived at Mundra port on

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Be Prepared

February 6, 2019February 7, 2019 kaypius 11 Comments e-VTOL, Lifestyle, Offshore, Pilots, safety

The story I am about to narrate harks back to the lessons we learnt as boys & girls scouts in

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Mirage 2000 Crash in Bengaluru 1st Feb 2019 – Sad Loss of a National Resource

February 2, 2019February 5, 2019 kaypius 11 Comments ASTE, Indian Air Force, Mirage 2000 crash

What We Know An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 crashed during takeoff on 1st Feb 2019 at about 1030

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Ziplip Shiplip

January 31, 2019 kaypius 3 Comments aviation, Communication, flight safety, Telecommunications, ziplip

Background I suspect that in the armed forces, as everywhere else, the old adage ‘knowledge is power’ is fast being

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HATSOFF – The One-Stop-Shop for Rotary Training in India

January 28, 2019 kaypius 0 Comments ADECS 2019, Flying Training, Shephard Media, Simulation, Simulator training

In a quiet, leafy lane running through India’s aerospace R&D hub at Bengaluru sits a state-of-art training facility called HATSOFF.

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Tail Rotor Troubles

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 kaypius 11 Comments AW139, AW139 UAE Zipline Crash, Bell 412, Emergencies, First AW169 Crash, Flying, G-VSKP, helicopters, piloting, Tail Rotor

I write this in the wake of two recent tragedies involving conventional rotorcraft where amateur footage of the helicopter spinning

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Nuts & Bolts of Leadership – The Paint & Varnish Story

December 27, 2018December 28, 2018 kaypius 1 Comment Best Practices, culture, friendship, leadership, Leadership Lessons, ocean's best

How would you feel if at the age of eighteen you were given a shaving blade and made to strip

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Fire & Ice – Part 1

December 15, 2018August 20, 2019 kaypius Fiction, Infidelity, Modernism, Romance, short story, Unfaithful, WhatsApp Affairs, Whentostop

Travelling back to the hotel after a long-haul flight, Suhail gazed at the fleeting images of frosty Frankfurt in the

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Holy Cow or Utter Bull?

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 kaypius 4 Comments Animal Rights, incredible india

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated Mahatma Gandhi I was witness

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Navy Ball Stories

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 kaypius 15 Comments culture, Fashion, humour, Indian Navy, Lifestyle, Navy Ball, Navy Queen, Navy Week

“Are you attending the Navy Nite?, my coursemate asked me yesterday. “What’s that? I only know Navy Ball”, i replied

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Nuts & Bolts of Leadership – The Ice Lolly Story

November 27, 2018December 1, 2018 kaypius 6 Comments Best Practices, culture, friendship, leadership, Leadership Lessons, ocean's best

If the incident I am about to recount sounds like the obverse of Indian taxation system, please pardon me. The

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Fly the Plane – Which Plane?

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 kaypius 4 Comments Air Crash Investigation, Boeing 737 Max, Category A Shortfield Takeoff, Certification, First AW 169 Crash, flight testing, Indonesian Aircrash, Lion Air Flight 610, Miracle on the Hudson, Performance Class 1, Technology

Two air accidents in recent times have shaken the conscience of people around the world. First was the 27th Oct

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Aircrew Fatigue – An Indian Helicopter Pilot’s Perspective

November 4, 2018November 4, 2018 kaypius 4 Comments Accident Investigation, Civil Aviation Requirements, DGCA, EASA, FAA, fatigue, FDTL, flight safety, helicopters, NTSB, safety

Indian Case Study Case 1: On 19th Apr 2011, a Mi-172 operated by an Indian carrier crashed short of a

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Flight Testing in Indian Navy – Synergies for the Future

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 kaypius 8 Comments Air Force Test Pilots School, ASTE, flight testing, Flight Testing Roadmap for Indian Navy, INAS 552, NFTS, NFTS Seminar Goa Sep 2018

Introduction Ten years ago, I was flying a desk in Naval Headquarters called ‘Aviation Plans’. We had ambitious plans to

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Making Sense of the VT-AVH Incident

September 2, 2018September 3, 2018 kaypius 3 Comments Accident Investigation, flight safety, Handling Emergencies, Media, Rahul Gandhi Hubli Flight, VT-AVH

What happened? While cruising at FL410 (41000 feet or approx 12.5 kms above mean sea level), an autopilot mode tripped,

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Crucial Nod for Indian Navy’s Helicopter Programs

August 28, 2018August 29, 2018 kaypius 3 Comments 16 MRH, helicopters, Indian MRH Saga, Indian Navy, Make in India, MH60R, Multirole Helicopters, NMRH

When it comes to procurement matters, Indian MoD is an unlikely paragon of efficiency, even on a weekday. Saturday, 25th

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Who Will Save The Saviours?

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 kaypius 7 Comments Disaster Relief, helicopters, Indian Navy, Kerala Flood Relief, MRH, Multirole Helicopters, NMRH, NUH

Kerala, ‘God’s Own Country’, and the land of my ancestors saw the worst floods in a century recently. Even as

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Love in the Age of Tinder

August 5, 2018August 5, 2018 kaypius 4 Comments marriage, relationships, Tinder, True Love

“I need to believe that something extraordinary is possible” Alicia Nash in ‘A Beautiful Mind’ A quarter century ago, I

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Welcome to Hare India!

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 kaypius 7 Comments humour, incredible india, Make in India, Mehul Choksey, Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya

“Welcome to Hare India. Please fasten your seatbelts. We’ll be taking off shortly for our rightful place in the world.

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How Sunny Leone ‘Exposed’ India’s Double Standards

July 26, 2018May 3, 2019 kaypius 14 Comments Democracy, Live & Let Live, Me too, Moral Policing, Pornography, Religion, Sunny Leone

Sunny Leone, former adult film star and now a successful Bollywood actor, was the most searched item on Google from

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Mobile Telephoney

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 kaypius 4 Comments 2G Scam, 4G, Airtel, Idea, incredible india, internet, Jio, Mobile networks, Telecommunications, Vodafone, whatsapp

In the great land of India, we add ‘Ji‘ as a suffix whenever we want to address someone or something

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Uff ye Dilli!

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 kaypius 5 Comments Bangalored in Mumbai, Delhi, Delhi NCR, Growing up, Life in Delhi, Noida, States of India, travel

There are only two kinds of people in the Indian military that I know. Those who have served in Delhi

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How Times Have Changed!

July 5, 2018July 5, 2018 kaypius 8 Comments

“Papa, please have some patience. Can’t you see I am studying?”, my teenage son replied when I asked him if

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Oru Chaya, Oru Pazham Pori!

July 3, 2018 kaypius 3 Comments God's Own Country, Kerala, Kerala in rains, Malayalee Humour

What’s with Keralites that makes them hang around tea shops? We walked into one in Palakkad to find out. Is

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King Air C90 Crash in Mumbai – A Grim Reminder

June 29, 2018June 30, 2018 kaypius 7 Comments Air Crash Investigation, flight safety, Juhu Airport, King Air C90 Crash, Mumbai International Airport

A small, 26-year old King Air C90 charter aircraft (VT-UPZ) undertaking a test flight crashed on 28 Jun 18 near

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Vipassana – A Year Later

June 25, 2018 kaypius 10 Comments best advice, Buddha, Dhamma, Meditation, Spirituality, Vipassana

Nobody walks into a Vipassana camp without reason. It is intensely lonely, decidedly tough, and if you survive those ten

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Checklist Bloopers

June 22, 2018June 23, 2018 kaypius 9 Comments Best Practices, Checklists, Civil Aviation, CRM, flight safety, Military Flying

On 30 Oct 1935, Boeing’s Model 299 prototype took off for an evaluation flight by the US Army Air Corps

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A Perfect Storm is Brewing

June 12, 2018April 4, 2019 kaypius 13 Comments Anti Submarine Warfare, India MRH, Indian Navy, Malabar 2018, MH60R, Multirole Helicopters, Shipborne ASW Helicopters

The 2018 edition of annual, multilateral exercise ‘Malabar’ is presently underway off Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Ships, submarines, helicopters

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Rise & Triumph – Lessons for Make in India

June 8, 2018 kaypius 12 Comments Advanced Light Helicopter, helicopters, Light Combat Aircraft, Make in India, Multirole Helicopters

Recently, I went bike-accessory shopping with my friend and fellow aviator Kinny. He is busy pouring money on an imported

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Smart Cards and Dumb Rules

May 31, 2018 kaypius 23 Comments addiction, CSD, humour, Indian Armed Forces, Veteran's Welfare

Tired of being turned away by several CSD outlets in my vicinity and almost turning teetotaller, I finally capitulated, exercised

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The Untapped Potential of Helicopters in India

May 10, 2018July 2, 2018 kaypius 8 Comments ALE, aviation, HAA, Heli-tourism, helicopters, Helicopters in India, HEMS, NCAP2016, RCS, Rotary Wing, RWSI, UDAN

When I started my helicopter career in India, we were often put on hold to accommodate fixed wing traffic. “Orbit

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Cast in Steel

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 kaypius 4 Comments Dynamic Interface, Fly Navy, Helideck, naval aviation, safety, Ship-Helicopter Integration, SHOL

I am your good old flight deck – the naval aviator’s home away from home. Out there where the ship

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Seconds to Live…or Die

March 13, 2018September 28, 2019 kaypius 6 Comments Accident Investigation, Air Accidents, FAA, flight safety, FlyNYON, Liberty Helicopters, safety, Safety Culture, Stories of Flying

What Happened? Five people were killed when a private charter helicopter (Airbus AS350, Regn N35OLH) crashed into New York’s East

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Planning Your Last Flight

February 25, 2018 kaypius 6 Comments Estate Management, Make you Will Today, Settling your Legacy, Wealth Management

I put before you, two real-life examples that may whet your appetite for further reading of this gloomy topic. CASE

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HAL Offers Dhruv for Licence Production

February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 kaypius 1 Comment Advanced Light Helicopter, Dhruv, Disinvestment, HAL, Make in India, NMRH, NUH

On 16 Feb 2018, in a significant move indicative of the Indian government’s rising commitment to ‘Make in India’, state-run

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Scent of a Man

February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 kaypius 3 Comments Airport, Duty Free Shopping, Freeloaders, humour, Perfume fetish

I love airports. Not because of airplanes or the joy of travel. That’s old hat. I’ve been flying for 25

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The Slapgate Controversy

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 kaypius 5 Comments Air India, flight safety, Fly-by-Ire, Indigo, Jet Airways, Metoo, Spicejet, Workplace Violence

On 01 Jan 18, passengers flying on a long haul Jet Airways flight 9W119 from London to Mumbai were witness

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It Could Happen to You

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 kaypius 12 Comments Alouette, flight safety, piloting, Stories of Flying, Understanding Helicopters

It’s always sad to read about air accidents involving loss of life or injuries; even more so when it is

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MiG 29K Crash at Goa – A Wake-up Call

January 6, 2018January 6, 2018 kaypius 10 Comments Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, MiG29K, NAS Dabolim, naval aviation

“For want of a nail, the Kingdom was lost” Benjamin Franklin On 3rd Jan 2018, while the world was still

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Butter Chicken & Lounge Suits

December 27, 2017December 27, 2017 kaypius 7 Comments Dress Code, Dress Regulations, humour, New Year, New Year Party, Officers' Institute

It’s that time of the year again. The holidays are upon us and 2018 is just round the corner. And

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A Naval Aviator Remembers the Mi-8

December 13, 2017December 14, 2017 kaypius 6 Comments 112 HU, Air Warriors, IAF, Indian Air Force, Mi-8, Mi-8 decommissioning, Mi-8 Last Flight

On 17th December 2017, an old faithful workhorse of the Indian Air Force, the Mi-8 ‘Pratap’ helicopter (NATO code Hip)

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Lessons From A Daring Night Rescue

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 kaypius 8 Comments Cyclone Ockhi, helicopters, Indian Navy, Multirole Helicopters, Night Medevac, Night Rescue, piloting, Search and Rescue

What Happened? On 1st Dec 2017, just three days shy of ‘Navy Day’ celebrated to commemorate Indian Navy’s audacious attack

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Run Silent, Run Deep

November 27, 2017October 18, 2018 kaypius 8 Comments ARA San Juan Tragedy, Indian Navy, Submarine Safety

It has been over 12 days (11:36 GMT, 15th November) since contact was lost with Argentinian Submarine ARA San Juan.

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Who Killed Ashok Khale?

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 kaypius 6 Comments Road Safety, Urban Planning

On 5th November 2017, Ashok Khale, a champion cyclist and mentor for many on the Indian cycling circuit was knocked

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If you have served in the armed forces, chances are you would have come across an acronym called PCK. No,

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Indian NUH – A Big Challenge with Big Rewards

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Heralding one of the biggest helicopter programs in South Asia, the Indian Defence Acquisition Council headed by Defence Minister Nirmala

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“I’ve always tried to show people that the devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of

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