Its been a LONG road. After all that was thrown at it, good has triumphed over evil.
I've had the great privilege of shooting the magnificent
#Rafale
since its first arrival in India in 2011.
Congratulations
@IAF_MCC
🤝
Eagerly look forward to seeing them at home.
Rafale RB004 flown by Gp Capt Neeraj Jhamb & Wg Cdr Arun Kumar who were keeping an aerial vigil over the proceedings pull some Gs + vapour while making a quick max rate turn to join right downwind for rwy 30 on its induction day.
#rafaleinindia
09 Nov 2023: I have seen this moment in my dreams for many, many years!
Cleared my Line Release check 3 hours short of Dhanteras & my 39th birthday.
Muchas gracias Lt Col.
@wilmer211074
for calming my nerves & inspiring me to replicate your exceptionally high standards 🤝🏻
My current job juxtaposed beautifully against Hiranandani Powai skyline - site of my very first job.
Almost 2 decades separate the struggle from corporate to cockpit.
I am so very privileged & grateful for what I have today.
Never too late to chase your dreams.
📸 Sanskar Nawani
Started the journey in 2006.
After 15 years of heartbreak, setbacks, saving ₹ for flying, overcoming several challenges & toil, I've finally scaled peak
#1
.
Now, I aim higher 🛫
PS: eGCA application submitted on 28 July 2021.
Past the halfway mark 🛫
Grateful for the people I've met along the way and excited for what lay ahead. Always a dreamer, forever a disciple of flight.
#HappyPilotsDay
#WorldPilotsDay
BOM planespotters noticed it BEFORE ANYONE ELSE!
This absolutely invaluable set of keen eyes & ears that is never given its due, instead treated with disdain or worse.
@CSMIA_Official
you have 🇮🇳's highest number of planespotters - it's time you gave them some recognition 🤝🏻
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) foils an infiltration attempt at Mumbai airport, intercepts an intruder at Crash Gate No. 27 of CSMIA (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport): Aviation security at Mumbai airport to ANI
#BREAKING
: Top Indian Government Sources confirm to me that Bangladesh’s Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with her sister is landing at Hindon Indian Air Force base near New Delhi in few minutes. Hindon IAF station is in Ghaziabad of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
I had (no choice 😣) to watch Crew movie but, you don't have to:
Kohinoor Airways run by....🥁... Vijay WALIA
'Crew' in the 'Neu' AI uniforms
A350 pushes back from BOM
A320 🛫
747 with 2 **GE9X** in cruise
A350 banking to intercept localizer
A320 🛬
737 in roll-out
Cont....
Checkout those planespotters and media going about shooting that amazing A380.
Similarly, in our country everyone loves to consume aviation multimedia yet, the entire system is gamed against the AvGeek if he dare take a picture.
The Mehar Baba Swarm Drone Competition, launched by
@IAF_MCC
in 2018 concluded today with a demo & felicitation ceremony at AFS Yelahanka.
Congratulations
@zone5aviation
who's been involved with this project since it's inception 🤝🏻
#SwarnimVijayVarsh
#स्वर्णिम_विजय_वर्ष
Top toughest exams in the world:
🇨🇳 China → Gaokao Exam
🇮🇳 India → IIT JEE Exam
🇮🇳 India → UPSC Exam
🏴 England → Mensa
🇺🇸🇨🇦 US/Canada → GRE
🇺🇸🇨🇦 US/Canada → CFA
🇺🇸 US → CCIE
🇮🇳 India → GATE
🇺🇸 US → USMLE
🇺🇸 US → California Bar Exam
*according to Erudera
The 5 x 777-200LRs from Delta are to be reg:
VT-AEE
VT-AEF
VT-AEG
VT-AEH
VT-AEI
(first of these 77L is due to fly DEL-SIN today)
Three existing LRs to be retained, repaired, upgraded:
VT-ALF Jharkhand
VT-ALG Kerala
VT-ALH Maharashtra
I hope the first A359 is named JRD 🤞🏻
Will VT-AEF, the B777-200LR have a name ?
If yes, what could it be ?
I have been thinking if it will be named JRD or that will be reserved for the newer ones ?
Past the halfway mark 🛫
Grateful for the people I've met along the way and excited for what lay ahead. Always a dreamer, forever a disciple of flight.
#HappyPilotsDay
#WorldPilotsDay
Thank You for flying with us and provide this lovely insight into the flying experience at
@OfficialStarAir
With little to no marketing hype, we are on a mission to serve the underserved & connect the unconnected. Proud of the hard-work and commitment our teams are putting-in.
India struggles to connect the smaller towns to the mega cities. So meet
@OfficialStarAir
- the airline that is trying to change this! Watch the full video:
#india
#aviation
With my reporting manager, Capt
@SimranTiwana
and the one & only
@TheFlyingEnggnr
onboard the fabulous
@Embraer
E195-E2 'Tech Lion' PR-ZIQ during our customer demo flight BLR-BLR yesterday morning.
My first crack at
@AirVistara
's pretty 787-9 DREAM)LINER VT-TSE lifting-off BOM rwy 27 in this lovely aubergine dusk lighting as UK 902 back to base New Delhi.
More:
Their majesties from L to R:
VT-EVB 'Velha Goa'
VT-ESO 'Khajuraho' being readied for it's final 🛫
VT-ESP 'Ajanta'
EVB & ESP status uncertain.
What I hear from people in the know is that it *may* be parted-out at Kalina.
My 📸 from before and after the ⛈️ yesterday.
#FlyAI
: Welcoming the A321-Neo (VT - RTB), the newest member of our fleet. The aircraft has just come in from Hamburg & we can’t wait for it to be part of our ever increasing network!
#A321Neo
#NonStopFlights
#NonStopExperiences
Inbound at 720 km/hr in not the greatest visibility.
Arrowhead formation with 17 Sq ‘Golden Arrows’ Flt Cdr, Gp Capt Rohit Kataria & Wg Cdr Deepak Chauhan in the lead jet (Rafale RB001).
More details:
#RafaleinIndia
#rafaleinduction
My first time 📸 QR's pretty A350-900. Seen here is Qatari 8374 A7-ALT arriving on BOM rwy 32.
Dear
@qatarairways
do you not name all your A350s now unlike the rest of your fleet?
Didn't see any Arabic decals on either side of the nose 🤷🏻♂️
Two ladies in red about to complete their long journeys.
The one carrying a sack on her head oblivious to what flies past overhead & the VS A346 G-VEIL named "Queen of the Skies" short-finals DEL rwy 10.
More:
Got a few msgs from folks about the breakdown of the mega Air India aircraft order.
Whichever way it swings, I think I speak for all 🇮🇳 aviation lovers when I say, we're all rooting for
@airindiain
to not just retain it's past glory but, exceed all our expectations.
Hi
@EconomicTimes
this cover image belongs to
@BhavyaSon1
and your have used it without his permission and without due credit (not the first time).
Can you pls share the email address where he can send you an invoice?
Been sent photos of VT-AEF bearing the name 'Vihaan विहान' with no jharokha windows or cheatline (can't share)
✈ has dep SIN for DEL:
Here's my photo of the same airframe from 2008, N702DN later named 'The Spirit of Atlanta'
The invaluable set of expert eyes & ears of Indian aviation whose high-quality photos & videos are freely used by airports, airlines & govt alike but, whose hardwork and skill is technically coloured grey (or red) by the terribly outdated bureaucracy.
Vayusena
#MiG29UPG
up & away as the legacy fulcrum trails another UPG bird who has just entered the active.
The incredible ambient heat was yet unable to camouflage the effect of the aircraft’s jetwash. Checkout the port wingtip vortice distortion.
#MiG29
#indianairforce
Everybody is on board… but due to capacity restrictions we have to wait for another hour. Cpt comes on the intercom, apologises, and the invites everyone who’s interested to visit the flight deck. 👍 Every kid (and not just them) on board went up there. That’s how to do it!
Paint is whiter than other 777s and then there's the botched-up patch fwd of the R1 door.
This is probably getting fixed at the Kalina hangar in the great city of BOM soon.
Nice shots Athul 😉
Nanded: From no flights - to daily connections to BLR, HDO, AIP, HYD, AMD, BHJ starting today only on
@OfficialStarAir
's state-of-the-art
@Embraer
E-Jets
📸 by my friend and colleague
@PuthranChetan
Thank you for featuring this unique brotherhood
@ShivAroor
Here's hoping that the powers that be take a more pragmatic view of this most INCREDIBLE of hobbies 🤞🏻
Splendid evening with my aziz mitra
@Vinamralongani
at Asia's largest pub and BLR's Santorini: Oia.
No loud garbage music and pleasant ambiance = we could speak vistaar se 🙃
#IYKYK
It was calming to know you were perched atop nearby with a big lens as I prepared to taxi out.
Rid my anxiety & lifted my mood to take on what lay ahead which, I relished to the fullest.
THANK YOU Praneeth, I am VERY grateful!
I promise to be there for yours 😊🤝🏻
Love - VJ
Celebrating
@VishalJolapara
’s awesome journey to the flight deck!
Seen here are Vishal's very first line-up, app and touchdown as part of his 6 T/O and 6 LDG (6th LDG in KIA) base training on the beautiful Embraer E175LR before
he commenced his Supervised Line Flying (SLF). 1/2
Returning back to homebase of my current employer on my ex-employer post a successful outing at an Indian civil aviation event held bi-annually at Hyderabad.
First visit to
@BLRAirport
's gorgeous Terminal 2 yesterday along with my team.
Special thanks to Head of Terminal Operations
@SampreethKotian
for giving us a guided tour, much appreciated!
Not that I'm defending SpiceJet but, the no-photography rule at any airport is ridiculous. In that case we should also ban Google Maps in India?
FYI, a similar illogical no-photography rule applies to all railway stations in India.
Say hello to India's Best Airline Operator under RCS -
@OfficialStarAir
Our CEO, Capt
@SimranTiwana
recieving the 🏆 from the Hon'ble
@JM_Scindia
flanked by our cabin crew + the FlyBig team (& Alliance Air not in the picture) whom we share this award with at
@WingsIndia2022
Vayusena Rafale RB001 pulling some cool vapour & vortices while diving to recover from the vertical charlie and to descend quickly to circuit altitude to join right downwind for runway 30 on a hazy induction day.
#IndianAirForce
#RafaleinIndia
#Tejas
means many things: Radiant, Bright, Light, Power, Brilliance, Glory etc….
I'm hoping it's all of that ^ & a catalyst for indigenisation and the तेजस of this long overdue seismic shift in Indian defence procurement.
May there be many 🙌🏻
My class at one of the famous RT classes in DEL in Sept-Oct 2019 was 60-70% cadets of various airlines.
During breaktime, while I 🧃 🥗, most would only 🚬 discussing where & who sold the best weed + other drugs as well as what (acc to them) was THE best way to get high 😌
Cost of all IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programmes.
Note that this prices are based on current exchange rate of USD and AUD.
You can expect course fee equal or above than these👇
1 Sept 2018: My photo of the fabulous
@airvistara
#VistaraRetrojet
Checkout the ace photographer 🎩 in the orange ramp jacket near the stairs whose feed is full of the event's photos 😉
The cover of my 10 page article in
@BT_IND
detailing
#planespotting
in India.
A small step towards gaining greater recognition & awareness for this beautiful hobby.