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the training programme for pilots in the Indian Air Force (IAF) has been stalled since its basic trainer, the HPT-32 Deepak, was grounded after a crash that killed two pilots in July last year. The major flaws included the engine, which shuts down due to the absence of fuel flow during aerial manoeuvring, as well as other aircraft design issues.
However, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which manufactures the HPT-32 Deepak, has been directed to fit a number of trainer aircraft with a Ballistic Recovery System (BRS).The proposition is that each HPT-32 Deepak aircraft should have an enormous parachute that opens when the engine shuts off and enables the aircraft to slowly come down with the crew still in their seats.
As for the Indian Defence Ministry, a fast-track purchase of 75 aircraft from the international market has been approved to replace the “Stage-1″ Deepak, but the aircraft will only come through by 2013-14 to the IAF.
As per the hierarchy of the training exercises that the IAF carried out till last year, a trainee pilot would get eighty hours of basic training on the HPT-32 Deepak aircraft before selected pilots graduated to the second stage of fighter pilot training on the Kiran Mark-1 aircraft. The third and final stage of training was on the Kiran Mark-2 aircraft.
However, due to the lack of the first stage trainer aircraft, the IAF is conducting basic training on a jet aircraft which is the Kiran Mark-1 aircraft. Although there is a risk entailed in conducting basic training on a jet-engined aircraft like the Kiran Mark-1 aircraft, the IAF has little choice since it needs fighter pilots to graduate and fly the aircraft it possesses.
As for HAL, it is also developing an Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) called the ‘Sitara’ to replace the Kiran Mark-1 used in the second stage of the IAF training. The IAF has ordered a limited series production of 12 aircraft. However, these will also take some time before they are supplied to the IAF. As for the third stage of IAF training, the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) is slowly replacing the Kiran Mark-2 aircraft.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=12697
However, the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which manufactures the HPT-32 Deepak, has been directed to fit a number of trainer aircraft with a Ballistic Recovery System (BRS).The proposition is that each HPT-32 Deepak aircraft should have an enormous parachute that opens when the engine shuts off and enables the aircraft to slowly come down with the crew still in their seats.
As for the Indian Defence Ministry, a fast-track purchase of 75 aircraft from the international market has been approved to replace the “Stage-1″ Deepak, but the aircraft will only come through by 2013-14 to the IAF.
As per the hierarchy of the training exercises that the IAF carried out till last year, a trainee pilot would get eighty hours of basic training on the HPT-32 Deepak aircraft before selected pilots graduated to the second stage of fighter pilot training on the Kiran Mark-1 aircraft. The third and final stage of training was on the Kiran Mark-2 aircraft.
However, due to the lack of the first stage trainer aircraft, the IAF is conducting basic training on a jet aircraft which is the Kiran Mark-1 aircraft. Although there is a risk entailed in conducting basic training on a jet-engined aircraft like the Kiran Mark-1 aircraft, the IAF has little choice since it needs fighter pilots to graduate and fly the aircraft it possesses.
As for HAL, it is also developing an Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT) called the ‘Sitara’ to replace the Kiran Mark-1 used in the second stage of the IAF training. The IAF has ordered a limited series production of 12 aircraft. However, these will also take some time before they are supplied to the IAF. As for the third stage of IAF training, the Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT) is slowly replacing the Kiran Mark-2 aircraft.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=12697
