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Show in sky, deals on ground
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110209/jsp/frontpage/story_13557104.jsp
SUJAN DUTTA
Yelahanka, Feb. 8: Two snub-nosed aircraft fly over this Indian Air Force base a little over tree-top height while a third circles around them, its jetstream weaving a pattern like a woman's plaited hair.
The aircraft make up an aerobatic team from Austria that will perform such stunts in Karnataka's skies over the next four days. But it is here, on the ground, that manoeuvres take on a whole new meaning. The vintage Austrian piston-engined planes float over a flightline that packs most of the aerial power that the world's militaries have in their arsenal today.
Among them are fierce combat aircraft — no snub-noses here — such as the F-16 Super Viper, specially tailored for the IAF, the French Rafale, being displayed in India for the first time, the F/A-18 Super Hornet that was built for the US Navy but is a stiff competitor for an IAF contract, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Swedish Gripen, India's Russian-origin Sukhoi 30 Mki, the "homegrown" Tejas.
The prototype of a light helicopter gunship, a tiger painted under its tandem cockpit, executes a sharp angle-of-attack when it takes to the skies.
And then there is the KC-135 Stratotanker — a mid-air refueller; the C-17 strategic airlifter and the C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter, one of which was delivered to the IAF only last Saturday.
On the flightline, the aircraft are covered or are being primed by engineers for the demos they will give.
And, away from the mighty jets, at Yelahanka, in Bangalore's many five-star hotels, ministers and bureaucrats from across Europe, Asia and the US, are priming themselves for the muscling it takes to strike billions of dollars worth of defence deals with India. Each of those deals could see tens to hundreds of the aircraft in Yelahanka's flightline become part of the IAF's inventory.
"There will be no more Bofors," Sweden's deputy minister for defence, Hakan Jevrell, solemnly promised at a news conference today. He is here to campaign for Swedish company Saab that is pushing the Gripen fighter plane. "We promise anti-corruption measures that will be rigidly monitored," he said.
As India, after four years of liberalising defence purchases, gets set to execute contracts totalling $100 billion over 10 years, Sweden is shaking off the ghost of Bofors, the howitzer-deal that stigmatised the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress in an earlier regime.
The US, fresh from its success in delivering the Super Hercules last week, is set to open a key dialogue with Indian defence establishments that were struck off from an export "blacklist" only a fortnight back.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110209/jsp/frontpage/story_13557104.jsp
SUJAN DUTTA
Yelahanka, Feb. 8: Two snub-nosed aircraft fly over this Indian Air Force base a little over tree-top height while a third circles around them, its jetstream weaving a pattern like a woman's plaited hair.
The aircraft make up an aerobatic team from Austria that will perform such stunts in Karnataka's skies over the next four days. But it is here, on the ground, that manoeuvres take on a whole new meaning. The vintage Austrian piston-engined planes float over a flightline that packs most of the aerial power that the world's militaries have in their arsenal today.
Among them are fierce combat aircraft — no snub-noses here — such as the F-16 Super Viper, specially tailored for the IAF, the French Rafale, being displayed in India for the first time, the F/A-18 Super Hornet that was built for the US Navy but is a stiff competitor for an IAF contract, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the Swedish Gripen, India's Russian-origin Sukhoi 30 Mki, the "homegrown" Tejas.
The prototype of a light helicopter gunship, a tiger painted under its tandem cockpit, executes a sharp angle-of-attack when it takes to the skies.
And then there is the KC-135 Stratotanker — a mid-air refueller; the C-17 strategic airlifter and the C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical airlifter, one of which was delivered to the IAF only last Saturday.
On the flightline, the aircraft are covered or are being primed by engineers for the demos they will give.
And, away from the mighty jets, at Yelahanka, in Bangalore's many five-star hotels, ministers and bureaucrats from across Europe, Asia and the US, are priming themselves for the muscling it takes to strike billions of dollars worth of defence deals with India. Each of those deals could see tens to hundreds of the aircraft in Yelahanka's flightline become part of the IAF's inventory.
"There will be no more Bofors," Sweden's deputy minister for defence, Hakan Jevrell, solemnly promised at a news conference today. He is here to campaign for Swedish company Saab that is pushing the Gripen fighter plane. "We promise anti-corruption measures that will be rigidly monitored," he said.
As India, after four years of liberalising defence purchases, gets set to execute contracts totalling $100 billion over 10 years, Sweden is shaking off the ghost of Bofors, the howitzer-deal that stigmatised the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress in an earlier regime.
The US, fresh from its success in delivering the Super Hercules last week, is set to open a key dialogue with Indian defence establishments that were struck off from an export "blacklist" only a fortnight back.
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Air show Bangalore 2011: Aero India creates history as largest ever
BANGALORE: The Aero India show that began here Wednesday has smashed all records in terms of its size and content, entering history books as the largest edition of the biennial event so far.
The present-day version of Aero India, deemed the biggest air show in Asia, had begun as a modest display of a few aviation assets as Avia-India in 1993.
The show, renamed Aero India since 1998, has only become bigger and more popular which must rank among one of the largest attended air shows around the world.
According to statistics given by the Department of Defence Production (DDP), the online request for registration of general visitors to the air show this year has already exceeded the 1.75-lakh mark, a lakh more than the official 75,000 footfalls in 2009.
The organisers are expecting the figure to reach 2.75 lakh. With enquiries and requests not showing any signs of abatement, Aero India-2011 is clearly on its way to top the charts.
Discounting Avia-India in 1993, the growth in Aero India since 1998 to 2005 had been marginal, defence ministry officials pointed out.
"It began showing a quantum increase in the gross exhibition area only from the 2007 edition. While it hovered between the 7,000-18,000 sq mts mark from 1998 to 2005, it sharply rose to 30,000 sq mts in 2007 and 44,000 sq mts in 2009," an official said.
This year, the organisers have increased the gross area to 75,000 sq mts, a significant 70 percent increase over 2009, a fact mentioned by Defence Production Secretary Raj Kumar Singh at his address at the air show's inaugural ceremony.
There are 675 exhibitors in this edition of Aero India - a 16 percent increase over the last edition that had 581 exhibitors in all.
As with all previous editions, this time too international exhibitors score over the domestic ones in terms of participation.
In 2009, the gap was marginal -- 303 international exhibitors against 289 domestic. This year, the figure is 380 against 295, a growth of 25 percent for the international exhibitors against a mere five for domestic exhibitors.
With 30 countries participating this year and 350 official representation from 60 countries, the delegations' number has seen a three-fold-plus increase, both official and business, with the US leading the pact with 250, Germany at number two with 35, Italy 10, and other countries sharing the rest.
Based on online request for business passes, around 70,000 business visitors and delegates are expected to throng the venue, a figure twice that of 2009, through the first three days of the five-day show.
There are eight country pavilions and 63 chalets at the venue, with exhibitions, flying and static display an integral part of the event.
This year has recorded a 62 percent increase in flight, static and flight-cum-static display by civil and military aircraft over 2009.
With the defence ministry promoting the air show as both military and civil aerospace event, there are 27 aircraft belonging to the civil aviation sector in the air show, marking a 54 percent representation compared to just 46 percent military component.
In all, over 100 aircraft would be witnessed at Aero India-2011.
The Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO )) too has set up a exhibition of its works at a stall, which is expected to be another major attraction.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...s-off-to-flying-start/articleshow/7460733.cms
BANGALORE: The Aero India show that began here Wednesday has smashed all records in terms of its size and content, entering history books as the largest edition of the biennial event so far.
The present-day version of Aero India, deemed the biggest air show in Asia, had begun as a modest display of a few aviation assets as Avia-India in 1993.
The show, renamed Aero India since 1998, has only become bigger and more popular which must rank among one of the largest attended air shows around the world.
According to statistics given by the Department of Defence Production (DDP), the online request for registration of general visitors to the air show this year has already exceeded the 1.75-lakh mark, a lakh more than the official 75,000 footfalls in 2009.
The organisers are expecting the figure to reach 2.75 lakh. With enquiries and requests not showing any signs of abatement, Aero India-2011 is clearly on its way to top the charts.
Discounting Avia-India in 1993, the growth in Aero India since 1998 to 2005 had been marginal, defence ministry officials pointed out.
"It began showing a quantum increase in the gross exhibition area only from the 2007 edition. While it hovered between the 7,000-18,000 sq mts mark from 1998 to 2005, it sharply rose to 30,000 sq mts in 2007 and 44,000 sq mts in 2009," an official said.
This year, the organisers have increased the gross area to 75,000 sq mts, a significant 70 percent increase over 2009, a fact mentioned by Defence Production Secretary Raj Kumar Singh at his address at the air show's inaugural ceremony.
There are 675 exhibitors in this edition of Aero India - a 16 percent increase over the last edition that had 581 exhibitors in all.
As with all previous editions, this time too international exhibitors score over the domestic ones in terms of participation.
In 2009, the gap was marginal -- 303 international exhibitors against 289 domestic. This year, the figure is 380 against 295, a growth of 25 percent for the international exhibitors against a mere five for domestic exhibitors.
With 30 countries participating this year and 350 official representation from 60 countries, the delegations' number has seen a three-fold-plus increase, both official and business, with the US leading the pact with 250, Germany at number two with 35, Italy 10, and other countries sharing the rest.
Based on online request for business passes, around 70,000 business visitors and delegates are expected to throng the venue, a figure twice that of 2009, through the first three days of the five-day show.
There are eight country pavilions and 63 chalets at the venue, with exhibitions, flying and static display an integral part of the event.
This year has recorded a 62 percent increase in flight, static and flight-cum-static display by civil and military aircraft over 2009.
With the defence ministry promoting the air show as both military and civil aerospace event, there are 27 aircraft belonging to the civil aviation sector in the air show, marking a 54 percent representation compared to just 46 percent military component.
In all, over 100 aircraft would be witnessed at Aero India-2011.
The Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO )) too has set up a exhibition of its works at a stall, which is expected to be another major attraction.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...s-off-to-flying-start/articleshow/7460733.cms
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You are welcome PM . I uploaded that video on our defence video site as well but due to some linkage problem its not getting linked properly as a video on DFI . Hope very soon we will be watching videos from our own site.
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Aero India 2011: Videos
There is some problem linking videos from FlightGlobal.
You can go to this link: http://www.flightglobal.com/air-shows/Aero-India/video/
There is some problem linking videos from FlightGlobal.
You can go to this link: http://www.flightglobal.com/air-shows/Aero-India/video/
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All videos in that link are uploaded in this thread.
http://defenceforumindia.com/showthread.php?p=235627#post235627
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Sorry for the late reply..
SAAB 2000 is mainly Aimed for Civil aviation at Aero-India 2011, Many Airlines in India using ATRs..
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Yusuf bai.. I just tried to buy the ticket online but it declined...Now i am driving down to bangalore tomorrow i need some information on where i can buy the tickets there in bangalore? Do i check with the SBI bank there?
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Are you from Bangalore? Could you get some info where i can get it?
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