Hansa gained a pace of 80 knots earlier than it made a profitable touchdown after about 20 minutes, stated a press launch from NAL. (Image: ANI video)
Hansa gained a pace of 80 knots earlier than it made a profitable touchdown after about 20 minutes, stated a press launch from NAL.
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- Last Updated:September 04, 2021, 00:21 IST
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National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) has stated its new-generation (NG) plane Hansa made its maiden flight on Friday. NAL designed and developed the aircraft below the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The plane took off from airport of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at 2:09 PM and flew at an altitude of 4,000 toes. Hansa gained a pace of 80 knots earlier than it made a profitable touchdown after about 20 minutes, stated a press launch from NAL.
Captain Amit Dahiya flew the aircraft and expressed happiness by saying the flight parameters had been discovered regular and it was a textbook flight, in keeping with the discharge. The options of Hansa-NG are a glass cockpit with cabin consolation, excessive environment friendly digitally managed engine, electrically operated flaps, lengthy endurance, low acquisition and working value.
#WATCH | Hansa New Generation (NG) plane, designed and developed by CSIR-NAL, Bangalore, efficiently made its maiden flight from HAL airport at present. The plane flew at an altitude of 4000 ft. and gained a pace of 80 knots earlier than it made a profitable touchdown. pic.twitter.com/NGkcVC2Q58— ANI (@ANI) September 3, 2021
CSIR-NAL has acquired 72 letters of intents from numerous flying golf equipment and the plane can be licensed throughout the subsequent 4 months earlier than it will get inducted into Service, the discharge stated.The flight was monitored in telemetry by senior officers and scientists and engineers from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC) and CSIR-NAL, the discharge stated.
Dr Shekhar C Mande, Secretary, DSIR, and Director-General, CSIR, congratulated the NAL workforce. He stated the profitable flight was a results of the efforts of the CSIR-NAL design workforce, flight check crew and DGCA with help from Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE).He stated CSIR-NAL has already recognized a personal associate and sequence manufacturing of Hansa would begin quickly.
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