Sunday, 8 February 2009  The King is dead.... long live the
King!  HAL, Bangalore 8th Feb 09  (pictures copyright: Ajai
Shukla)  To the left is a photograph of the first Tejas (TD-1)
being prepared for burial. All essential and salvageable parts
are being recovered from the (now somewhat battered) aircraft,
before it moves to its final resting place in some museum or
headquarters.  But as the earlier LCAs retire, more are on the
way! The second photograph (above, right) shows the fuselage jig
in a hangar in HAL on which the first components of LSP-7 have
started being assembled. Incidentally, LSP-6 is in an advanced
stage of assembly.   Bhramastra said...  Good to have to back
Ajai.  We truly missed THE only true defense journalist in
India.  Anonymous said...  The TD_1 definitely deserves a place
i the Museum and not in front of any Headquarters  Anonymous
said...  Welcome back Ajay... How was Arunachal Pradesh? What
did you learn out there?  Sid said...  if LSP-6 is in advanced
stages then whats the status