A rare MiG-21 unearthed
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12 Feb 2010: A very early example of a MiG-21 that served in the Indian Air Force has been re-discovered. Sandesh Kanchan (aka ghostrider) had correctly identified the MiG-21 displayed in Artillery Center Deolali as an early MiG-21 PF (Type 76). Previously the aircraft was reported as a MiG-21FL.
Sainik School, Kazhakootam
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- Kazhakootam
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A new HPT-32 Deepak (X3147) makes an appearance at Sainik School Kazhakootam in Kerala. But can someone close that canopy?
MiG-21FL [C989] at Army Public School, Ranchi
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- Ranchi
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A look at our first reported warbird from Bihar- a MiG-21 FL Type 77 C989 on the premises of Army Public School Ranchi. Photographs by Anshul Anand
Piper Cub VT-CNM at Heritage Transport Museum
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- Taoru, Gurgaon
- Haryana ::
A Piper Cub is preserved at the Heritage Transport Museum located off NH-8 in Taoru, around 35km from Gurgaon.
Hawker Hunter [BA313]
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- College of Air Warfare Officer's Mess
- Hyderabad ::
Hawker Hunter BA313, the gate guardian at the College of Air Warfare Officers Mess is revisited again to reveal its new colours!
IAF gifts a Dakota for the BAF Museum
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- Warbirds of India
- Overseas Countries ::
The Indian Air Force is all set to donate a vintage C-47 Dakota to the Bangladesh Air Force. This Dakota, from the IAF Museum's collection - IJ817 is one of the two currently held by it in Palam.
Harvard and MiG-21UM at Sainik School , Goalpara
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- Goalpara
- Assam ::
This Harvard trainer was dilapidated and derelict. but just years later it was rescued from the brink..at Sainik School Goalpara.
Gnats display at Vayu Bhawan
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- Rafi Ahmed Marg
- New Delhi ::
The Gnat flight is back! Vayu Bhawan's triumvirate of Gnats are now back on display after spending years in purgatory at the Air Force Museum in Palam.
B-29 wreckage recovered off sea in Bangladesh
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Reporting from Bangladesh, M Dawood Karim David shared the following images of an aircraft wreckage fished out off the Kutubdia Channel in Bangladesh, off Kutubdia island near Chittagong. Initially reported as a B-24, it was correctly pointed out by Matt Poole, a researcher from Maryland, US, that the double wheels on the undercarraige legs resembled a B-29 Super Fortress than a B-24 Liberator.
Canberra T.4 [IQ999] at Cadet Hill
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- School of Artillery, Deolali
- Nasik ::
Atamvir Singh Multani captures a pristine Canberra T4 on display at Cadet Hill at the School of Artillery in Deolali . One of the rare T4 Trainer variants known to be preserved in India (As of 2014).
MiG-29 [KB732] at Pashan Entrance Gate
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- Pashan Gate
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Sometime prior to 2010 a Mikoyan MiG-29 [KB732] was installed on a pole at the NDA entrance gate at Pashan. It is one of the only two MiG-29s known to be gate guards in India. Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani had contributed photographs of this aircraft from a recent visit to the Academy.
