Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Flying Officer K S Johal, Date of Crash August 21, 1970

Village pays tributes to Flying Officer Johal

Hmm.. Flying Officer K S Johal, Date of Crash August 21, 1970

Checked my DB - But cant figure out the aircraft type. this is a new one.

IAF shifting MiG-29 school to Chandigarh

IAF shifting MiG-29 school to Chandigarh :

So the news is that the MiG29 TETTRA will be moved to Chandigarh. But does that mean they will split the Su30/MiG29 TETTRA ? and what will happen to the instructional airframe in Pune, will we see that being shipped to Chandigarh too?

Thursday, August 25, 2005

BBC Interview with Squadron Leader MS Pujji DFC

BBC has an interview with Sqn Ldr Mahendra Singh Pujji, one of the 21 indian fliers from WW2 to have a DFC to his credit. MS Pujji is one of the rare indians to have an Air Crew Europe Star and an Africa Star in his medals. A photo of him wearing his medals appears below