President Pratibha Patil to fly IAF’s fighter jet
November 25th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Pune, Nov.25 (ANI): President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is all set to enter the record books by flying Sukhoi-30 on Wednesday from Pune Airbase, an attempt which is likely to register her name in Guinness Book of World Records.
President Patil, 74, is scheduled to fly in the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) most potent multi-role combat aircraft, the Sukhoi-30 MKI, from the Lohegaon air base here.
The IAF has chalked out a special rectangular pattern of navigation route for Patil’s maiden sortie which is scheduled to last 30 minutes. It will touch a maximum speed of 0.9 Mach (700 to 900 kmph).
President Patil will be accompanied award winning Wing Cmdr. S.Sajan who has 1500 hours of Sukhoi flying experience.
She is scheduled to fly at 7,500 ft above the airfield, depending on weather conditions.
On June 8, 2006,the then President A P J Abdul Kalam, 74, had created history by being the first Indian President to have undertaken a 30-minute sortie in the Su-30 MKI. It was an exercise positioned as a familiarisation flight besides being an act to inspire the youth of the country to join the armed forces.
In May 2004, the then Defence minister George Fernandes had undertaken a similar sortie, clocking 1.15 Mach (about 1,500 kmph). Fernandes, who was also in his early 70s, was exposed to a gravitational force of up to level 3G. (ANI)
- President Patil flies in Sukhoi in a special G-Suit - Nov 25, 2009
- Patil creates history, becomes first female president to fly in a fighter jet - Nov 25, 2009
- President Patil flies in a fighter jet (Roundup) - Nov 25, 2009
- President Patil completes historic Sukhoi sortie (Second Lead) - Nov 25, 2009
- President Patil makes history by flying in a Sukhoi (Lead) - Nov 25, 2009
- President Patil to enter Guinness Book by flying fighter jet - Nov 17, 2009
- Indian Air Force open to Dhoni flying Sukhoi-30MKI - Apr 04, 2011
- President to fly in Sukhoi Nov 25 - Nov 10, 2009
- President trades sari for G-suit, flies in fighter jet (IntroRoundup) - Nov 25, 2009
- Crash-hit Sukhois get Indian Air Force chief's thumbs up - Dec 21, 2011
- Where presidents dare: Pratibha Patil to fly in fighter jet - Nov 17, 2009
- President Patil elated with flight in fighter jet (Third Lead) - Nov 25, 2009
- President Patil to fly in Sukhoi fighter jet - Oct 30, 2009
- President set to make history in Sukhoi sortie Wednesday - Nov 24, 2009
- Pratibha Patil first woman president to fly fighter jet - Nov 25, 2009
Tags: abdul kalam, airbase, book of world records, combat aircraft, defence minister george, fighter jet, george fernandes, gravitational force, guinness book of world, guinness book of world records, indian air force, indian president, kmph, navigation route, president pratibha patil, rectangular pattern, sajan, su 30 mki, sukhoi 30 mki, weather conditions