Yelahanka 2011...Indian delights

[eriktex]

Here are a few shots from Yelahanka Aero India - hope you like them.

1. On Wednesday three Hips opened the show:



2. The flypast included five Jaguars:



3. Followed by five Tejans - Indias nicely shaped delta:



4. On the flightline two interesting Rafales from BA104 Al Dhafra:



5. Another unique design: Indias LCH - two were present, with ZP4601 as the demo:



7. And yet another unique design: HJT-16 Kiran:



8. The Suryakiran demonstration team took no risk and brought 13 aircraft - while only 9 are used for the show:



9. Lockheed borrowed a couple of Emirates F-16s as they would like to sell them to India:




Enjoy,

Erik

[wamovements]

Great pictures from a great show.

Bit strange that two French Rafales (altough their markings) are mentioned as highlights when you are in India.
Beside that it looks like that on the formation pics the left side of your pictures are out of focus.

Regards
Dennis Peteri

[eriktex]

And some more shots from Yelahanka:

1. In the early morning and late afternoon several Hips were flying around:



2. This nice old bird landed on Wednesday afternoon late:



3. And at sunset this Embraer brought some more VIPs:



4. It took a long time before these Tejans got operational, but I like their delta shape:



5. And how often do we still see braking chutes in Europe?



6. Three Flankers were present plus three more in the Wednesday flypast:



7. And another chute :



8. Four Dhruvs flying with the demo team:



9. A lovely BAe-748 leaving Yelahanka:

[eriktex]

Great pictures from a great show.

Bit strange that two French Rafales (altough their markings) are mentioned as highlights when you are in India.
Beside that it looks like that on the formation pics the left side of your pictures are out of focus.

Regards
Dennis Peteri

Where did I mention it was a highlight???

Erik

[eriktex]

A few more impressions:

1. An-32 parked on the other side of the airfield:



2. This Alouette was parked on the VIP platform in front of the tower:



3. Another operational Antonov:



4. Two Hips were on duty for MEDEVAC:



5. And four Hips that unfortunately won't fly much more:



6. Suryakiran taxiing out for another display:



7. Three Hips on the flightline (far side):



8. And another Alouette 3 next to them:



9. Orange, white and green - go Kirans, go!



10. F-16F 3010 taxiing back to the flightline. The guy in the back seat is the US embassador to India:



11. Last one for today, perhaps we may call it a highlight: Tejan KH2004 in its element (one of eight that were present on Wednesday!):

[herky]

Interesting pics Erik.
What air force does the HS748's belong to. It's hard to read on the fuselage

[eriktex]

Hindi Air Force Try to read this:



Cheers,

Erik

[Stratofreighter]

Tejan - Indias nicely shaped delta

From this angle you're quite right!

As for the "highlights": I guess the locals don't consider the "home team" as highlights, but I do!

[herky]

Hindi Air Force Try to read this:

Sorry Erik , my Chinese is not so good

[Mickey312]

Great report, Erik!



Thanks for sharing!

Mickey

[United 777]

And how often do we still see braking chutes in Europe?

At air shows? Quite often, if you ask me.

[Stephan Lodewijks]

Niiiice report!!!

[jp 74]

Holy Sh.. !!
Nice set please show more pictures!!

[bvdboomen]

Wow Erik, these photos are all highlights to me! Great series with truly exotic planes.

[ZeroOtto]

W0W!!
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