Second prototype of NLCA variant maiden flight successful

| March 4, 2015 | Leave your comment

Indian Navy’s dream of owning a desi fighter jet got small boost when the second Naval Prototype (NP-2) of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) successfully completed its maiden flight today. The NP-2, a fighter, took off from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-owned airport in Bengaluru at 12:27pm. Navy Test Pilot Captain Shivnath Dahiya, now attached to the National Flight Test Centre (NFTC), took NP-2 for a 35-minute flight, as part of its restricted flight-test plan. Normally, a prototype will be subjected to limited manoeuvres during the initial flights. The NP-2 had a chase aircraft in the form of a Tejas LSP2 piloted by Gp Capt Suneet Krishna (Retd), now on the rolls of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA).

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