Aerospace & Defence

Army ALH Dhruv Crash Landing Oct 24th, 2019: Some Early Lessons

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 kaypius 7 Comments Accident Investigation, ALH Crash 24 Oct 2019, ALH Dhruv, Dhruv, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Test to Perfect

It has been several hours after an Indian Army ALH Dhruv helicopter crash landed somewhere in the Poonch sector today

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International Air Traffic Controllers’ Day: My Tribute

October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 kaypius 3 Comments

Each year, Oct 20th is celebrated as International Air Traffic Controllers Day. Surprised? You should be. They are unsung heroes

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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 6 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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Helicopter Launch and Recovery Methodologies – Offshore versus Navy

March 18, 2017April 25, 2019 kaypius 10 Comments Category A Operations, Critical power unit failure, flight safety, Helicopter Performance, helicopters, naval aviation, Offshore Flying

Ignorance is Bliss? As a young helicopter pilot in the navy many years ago, terms like Performance Class 1, Category

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