{"id":68148,"date":"2019-09-19T14:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T09:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=68148"},"modified":"2020-11-05T11:45:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T06:15:09","slug":"smooth-comfortable-rajnath-singh-tejas-sortie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/smooth-comfortable-rajnath-singh-tejas-sortie\/","title":{"rendered":"It was very smooth and comfortable: Rajnath Singh after Tejas Sortie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/rajnath-singh\">Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh<\/a> on Thursday, September 19, became the first defense minister to fly on board India\u2019s indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in Bengaluru, Karnataka.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the 30-minute sortie, Singh said that it was \u201cvery smooth and comfortable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was enjoying. I want to congratulate HAL, DRDO and several concerned agencies. We have reached a level where we can export fighter planes across the world,\u201d he added.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It will also boost the morale of IAF pilots who are flying these aircraft. The minister will be briefed by IAF officers before taking a sortie on Thursday,&#8221; he added.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was thrilled. It was a special experience,\u201d the Minister said.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Air Vice Marshal N Tiwari, who flew along with Singh said that the defense minister \u201cwas very happy with flying quality of the aircraft (LCA Tejas). We went close to Mach 1, the speed of sound\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Air Force (IAF) has already inducted a batch of Tejas aircraft. The naval version of the LCA is currently in the development stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tejas, a single-engine, delta wing, multi-role light fighter was designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and is produced by the Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) for the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/indian-air-force\">Indian Air Force<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/super-30-founder-anand-kumar-receives-education-excellence-award-2019-us-68125\">Super 30 Founder Anand Kumar receives Education Excellence Award 2019 in US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently in Goa, Tejas had successfully carried out an &#8220;arrested landing&#8221;, a key performance demonstrating its ability to land on board an aircraft carrier, making it a major milestone in the development of the naval variant of the fighter jet.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday, September 19, became the first defense minister to fly on board India\u2019s indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in Bengaluru, Karnataka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[79917,79918,2275,79916,215],"yst_prominent_words":[24107,5677,14818,79914,21000,9812,34313,4509,47891,56369,20925,5000,20931,79915,34636,3688,20936,79913,4734,3985],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2019\/09\/19144928\/1568876135_rajnath-singh-flies-iaf-light-combat-aircraft-tejas.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68148"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68148"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=68148"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=68148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->