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LCA TEJAS MARK-IA MAKES MAIDEN FLIGHT
Geopolitics
|April 2024
The first aircraft LA5033 of the Tejas Mark-1A series successfully soared in the sky after taking off from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru on March 28, the public sector aerospace and defence company said.
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According to HAL, the Tejas Mark-1A aircraft did a successful sortie with a flying time of 18 minutes. The plane was piloted by Chief Test Pilot Group Captain K K Venugopal (Retired).
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