Flying Tejas I felt on top of the world:Pilot
posted on Jul 2, 2016 @ 12:27PM
Group Captain Madhav Rangachari was on top of the world, and quite literally. He was flying the indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday. After a 10-minute solo sortie under a cloudy sky and windy conditions he spoke to the reporters and said, "I felt like being on top of the world when flying the Tejas fighter.
It's an honour and a privilege to pilot the inaugural flight of the LCA soon after its induction", he added, "I could do only horizontal profile and not vertical due to the cloudy sky. It's an excellent aircraft and generation ahead of other fighters in the world. Being the only of its kind (light combat), it's not comparable with other military aircraft". Rangachari is the commanding officer of the IAF's 45 squadron nicknamed Flying Daggers. With 3,000 flying hours experience, he was part of the Mirage 2000 squadron before flying the multirole Tejas since a year.