tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post629066736826613890..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Grob Aircraft targets 181 trainers for the IAF: eyes HAL's share of 106 basic trainersBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-18945586607428603442010-07-28T11:04:13.037-07:002010-07-28T11:04:13.037-07:00Hi,
could you please do an article on the status ...Hi,<br /><br />could you please do an article on the status of HAL HJT-39 also Combat Attack Aircraft (CAT). Did anything happen of ADA's Lead-in-Fighter-Trainer (LIFT) based on the LCA?<br /><br />Also what is the status of HTT-40?<br /><br />I think a lot of us enthusiast would love to know about it and there is hardly any news about the same! <br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />IndranilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-77885907100393755842010-06-28T23:50:08.671-07:002010-06-28T23:50:08.671-07:00Makes sad reading.
Even before we could make two w...Makes sad reading.<br />Even before we could make two wheelers and four wheel road vehicles in 1950,(sixty years ago) HAL had DESIGNED and Fabricated the HT-2 basic trainer which has trained generations of IAF pilots.<br />Today we are scouring the world over in search of a basic trainer aircraft.<br />Alas the wheel has turned a full circle.DEVASISnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-73473436064285806652010-06-28T14:32:54.910-07:002010-06-28T14:32:54.910-07:00Our air force needs a new basic trainer TODAY. Del...Our air force needs a new basic trainer TODAY. Delaying the purchase by 6-10 years just for the sake of having 'indigenous' plane would be downright criminal considering how many pilots could have died from accidents by then. Anonymous armchair specialists can shut up: they're not the ones sitting in HPT-32s and endangering their lives. <br /><br />In any case developing a basic turboprop trainer is no great leap of technology. We already know HAL can develop one. It doesn't mean it HAS to develop it. Buy one of the existing dozens of trainer models off-the-shelf and let some private sector firm like Mahindra manufacture it under license in the hundreds. Problem solved.Gautamhttp://godkingofdivineroad@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-23620689171760697262010-06-27T10:38:25.643-07:002010-06-27T10:38:25.643-07:00If the Stage-1 trainer has been grounded, then wha...If the Stage-1 trainer has been grounded, then what do the pilots train on??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-17177464549838115412010-06-22T02:35:30.926-07:002010-06-22T02:35:30.926-07:00IT IS BETTER IF WE BUY ONLY 50 OF THEM directly fr...IT IS BETTER IF WE BUY ONLY 50 OF THEM directly from the manufacturer , the Grob-120TP and GET OUR INDEGENOUS TRAINER SINCE IT WILL SHARE SOME SIMILAR COMPONENTS OF LCA and IAF has agreed for only forty of them FOR MK1 it is better to use the lca assembly line for future LIKE LCA ADVANCED TRAINER,SITARA,BASIC TRAINER TO ARMORTISE THE COST TO SOME EXTENT.<br /><br />today it is cheap but later .... no one knows BUT INDIA HAS ONE BILLION POPULATION, and half of them below poverty line if they go on buying even the small aircrafts like these then god knows what india will become in next few years .......... IF HAL CAN PRODUCE CHEAPER COMPOSITES LEVERAGE THE ADVANTAGE FOR THE INDEGENOUS AIRCRAFT.<br /><br />......BHAI LOG,OUR LCA,KAVERI ENGINE,SITARA etc ......are no match for foreign planes for that CAN WE GO FOR A SUBSTITUTE.<br /><br />IF WE REALLY WANT TO GROW THE PATH IS INDEGENEOUS PLANE FROM HAL.<br /><br />of course what do we mean by BUILDING SUCH A SOPHISTICATED PLANE LIKE LCA IS OK and TRAINER IS NOT OK ............<br /><br />WE NEED TIME ...........THATS ALL AFTER KICKING HAL WHAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED.........<br /><br />SEEEEE.........OUR ............DHRUV,LCH .......CAN THEY BUILD A GOOD HELI .....<br /><br />CAN THEY BUILD A TRAINER .....<br /><br /><br /><br />someone tell me how to join BR and mail me to runv25@yahoo.co.in it is nottaking my yahoo account pleeeese..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-576614897750269562010-06-17T14:31:49.916-07:002010-06-17T14:31:49.916-07:00Hi Ajay,
You had told visitors to post questions ...Hi Ajay,<br /><br />You had told visitors to post questions as you were visiting HAL. <br /><br />Can you please post an article on that?Int64https://www.blogger.com/profile/01823375639414441710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-39226083506586207752010-06-17T10:34:26.605-07:002010-06-17T10:34:26.605-07:00Ajai, were you able to get answers from HAL to the...Ajai, were you able to get answers from HAL to the questions you had asked your readers here? Shiv Aroor too did the same, and now both of you aren't posting what you learnt from HAL. Did you even ask some/any of the questions that the readers posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-83377752966933906482010-06-17T07:12:40.500-07:002010-06-17T07:12:40.500-07:00HAL!!! Grab this GROB!!!!MOD please cut the redtap...HAL!!! Grab this GROB!!!!MOD please cut the redtape to small size!!! But verify its performance,suitablity for training noobies, maintennace, safety and reliability,supply of spares!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-47465625895772318382010-06-17T06:23:41.730-07:002010-06-17T06:23:41.730-07:00Involve indian private sector in designing and bui...Involve indian private sector in designing and building defence equipments....they will create wonders for all of us to be proud off.....PSU`s will render our dream to be self reliant unachievable by 2020.....some one lisening in MOD......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-6335184656318693272010-06-17T02:30:55.331-07:002010-06-17T02:30:55.331-07:00they make good aircraft, plus with the euro in ful...they make good aircraft, plus with the euro in full down turn. It is time for a European shopping spree, defense wise. This presents us a golden opportunity to buy classy hardware, at a good price with high levels of tech transfer and no sovereignty sapping agreements to ink.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766808535274067161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-32961255450419382622010-06-17T01:57:42.218-07:002010-06-17T01:57:42.218-07:00http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tank-trouble/634...http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tank-trouble/634841/0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71485184196082262462010-06-16T09:24:08.995-07:002010-06-16T09:24:08.995-07:00shuklaji, was just curious, what happened to all t...shuklaji, was just curious, what happened to all those quesstions which u asked for before visiting HAL.<br />All we've seen regarding HAL is news which was avalaible to all or the story from outside like the grob trainer one. <br /><br />Can you pls bestow on us any pieces of extra information u may have gained from your HAL visit related to the questions asked.Kumar Mangalam Lamboriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632070812574391295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-54236510430652875862010-06-16T02:08:13.271-07:002010-06-16T02:08:13.271-07:00@Ajai sir
by what you say it looks like Grob shou...@Ajai sir<br /><br />by what you say it looks like Grob should be thew front runner.<br /><br />Q1 Sometime back I heard of existence of HTT 39 and LIFT Tejas aircrafts. Meanty for training whats so special about these planes.<br /><br />Q2 Will it not be good to use these homegrown planes for training pilots instead of buying from foreign suppliers.<br /><br />Q3 Do you expect to see Grob fitted with BRSjoydeep ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00038225081192821456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-32917559296992501662010-06-16T00:29:29.702-07:002010-06-16T00:29:29.702-07:00If their outsourcing of components to HAL includes...If their outsourcing of components to HAL includes significant Engine parts, India should take the offer.VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-46585589069636854262010-06-15T23:42:11.929-07:002010-06-15T23:42:11.929-07:00Whatever one may claim but we can not depend on im...Whatever one may claim but we can not depend on imported airplane for long time. HTT-40 should come. May be after seeing Grob aircraft and using experience from HJT-36 program, HAL rolls out an aircraft which competes with Grob because of its remarkably cheap acquisition and operating cost.Rahulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-27522577591101719522010-06-15T20:58:59.062-07:002010-06-15T20:58:59.062-07:00"HAL’s technological excellence in manufactur..."HAL’s technological excellence in manufacturing composites cheaply"<br /><br />Err. That capability did not come to HAL out of it's own efforts. It was the hard work and R&D at NAL that gave India it's current superb capability in composites. <br /><br />HAL received the technology transferred from NAL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com