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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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