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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over the first 3 HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft to the Indian Air Force on Wednesday. It may take up to 2 years to begin training completely new pilots.
The first HTT-40 was delivered on 18 September in Bengaluru. IAF will deploy them at the Air Force Academy near Hyderabad for training new pilots.
For this, first a fleet of 25-30 aircraft will have to be prepared. Also, flying instructors will have to be trained so that they can teach new pilots to fly the aircraft.
Name of HTT-40 Ankur
HTT-40 was named ‘Ankur’. It has been indigenously developed to meet the initial pilot training needs of the Indian Defense Services.
The Defense Ministry has awarded the contract for 70 HTT-40 aircraft. The current handover is the beginning of deliveries under this contract.
However, this is not the first indigenous aircraft from which Indian pilots will take training. Even before this, IAF has used indigenous trainer aircraft like HAL HPT-32 ‘Deepak’.
Currently training is done with Pilatus PC-7 MkII
Currently, initial flying training for new pilots takes place on Pilatus PC-7 MkII basic trainer aircraft. After this the pilots are divided into fighter, transport and helicopter streams.
HAL handed over Tejas to Air Force, Dhruv helicopter to Pawan Hans
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) held the handover ceremony of fighter jets and helicopters in Bengaluru on September 18. In which Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu participated in the programme.
During this period, two light combat aircraft two-seater trainer Tejas and basic trainer aircraft Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 were handed over to the Indian Air Force. Also, 4 Next Generation Dhruv helicopters were handed over to Pawanhans Limited.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was sitting in the cockpit of Dhruv during the ceremony.
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