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| Inside ALH Dhruv on the way to Vikramaditya |
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first trip outside Delhi and spent four hours on India’s biggest ship, the aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya. I was lucky to be part of the press entourage that was onboard. Here’s a small glimpse of what we saw and experienced. Also a link to a film made by the crew of INS Vikramaditya is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9WxdLyL-_A&feature=youtu.be
Enjoy.
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| Goa from the sky |
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| Another view |
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| A lone ship in the distance |
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| Vikramaditya’s serial Number |
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| Arriving on the ship |
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| The flight deck |
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| The ALH on the flight deck |
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| Flight deck crew getting ready to receive an aircraft |
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| Two helicopters on the Vikramaditya |
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| Western Fleet Chief RAdm Anil Chawla with Skipper Capt Suraj Berry |
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| Magnificent MiG-29 K |
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| Another view |
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| CNN-IBN’s Anubha Bhosale interviewing a pilot |
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| Capt Suraj Berry |
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| Capt DK Sharma, PRO Navy and Lt Cdr Pawanjeet, the weather man |
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| The old with the new: INS Viraat passing by Vikramaditya |
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| The all-important ski jump |
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| PM Modi climbing into Mig-29 K cockpit |
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| The weather turning bad |
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| Headline Today’s Rahul Kanwal was among the reporters onboard |
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| The PM watching the air power display |
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| The steam past begins |
July 1, 2014 -
India's INS vikramaditya is really a powerful gem for Indian Navy, was really felt happy when it was included into the navy in Jan'14, Indians must be proud of INS Vikramaditya. I read here that it is equipped with 234 new hull sections constructed using 2,500t of steel. It has an overall length of 284m, a maximum beam of 60m, height of about 60m and a displacement of 44,500t. Go Indian Navy Go … I hope Indian Navy will get more these kind of Aircraft carriers in coming Future ….