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According to reports coming out of Russia Media, Mig corporation is all set to start training Indian Mig-29k pilots for aircraft carrier operations onboard Ins Vikramaditya soon, Indian Mig-29k pilots who have been flying from Naval air base INS Hansa in India for past few years have been closely watching Naval Mig-29 operations on board INS Vikramaditya for past few months.
Till now Russian MiG Corporation Test pilots Mikhail Belyaev, Sergei and Andrei Rybnikov Shishov have been carrying out all the required tests on INS Vikramaditya but also have been constantly interacting with Indian Mig-29k pilots on board the INS Vikramaditya giving them a chance to observe Takeoffs and landings from the deck of the ship, flight tests began on 5 August of this year.
Commodore Surendra Ahuja who is overseeing flight operations on board INS Vikramaditya, was in 2007 became first Indian pilot who graduated in United States and was certified for aircraft carrier operations on T-45 Goshawk aircraft. He has already mastered flying the MiG-29k in India and will be among first group of pilots who will carry out operational landings and takeoff from the carrier soon.
Mig-29k has been dubbed by Russian test pilots has Modern aircraft compared to Su-33 operated by Russian navy over Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Pilots commented that landing a Mig-29k on Ins Vikramaditya is much easier then Su-33 over Bigger Kuznetsov aircraft carrier . On November 15 Ins Virkamaditya will be handed over to Indian Navy formally in Russia.
http://idrw.org/?p=27186
Till now Russian MiG Corporation Test pilots Mikhail Belyaev, Sergei and Andrei Rybnikov Shishov have been carrying out all the required tests on INS Vikramaditya but also have been constantly interacting with Indian Mig-29k pilots on board the INS Vikramaditya giving them a chance to observe Takeoffs and landings from the deck of the ship, flight tests began on 5 August of this year.
Commodore Surendra Ahuja who is overseeing flight operations on board INS Vikramaditya, was in 2007 became first Indian pilot who graduated in United States and was certified for aircraft carrier operations on T-45 Goshawk aircraft. He has already mastered flying the MiG-29k in India and will be among first group of pilots who will carry out operational landings and takeoff from the carrier soon.
Mig-29k has been dubbed by Russian test pilots has Modern aircraft compared to Su-33 operated by Russian navy over Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, Pilots commented that landing a Mig-29k on Ins Vikramaditya is much easier then Su-33 over Bigger Kuznetsov aircraft carrier . On November 15 Ins Virkamaditya will be handed over to Indian Navy formally in Russia.
http://idrw.org/?p=27186
