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Book excerpt: In The Tejas Story, a retired air marshal chronicles his experiences of test flying the LCA jets The story that comes to life through his book is that of his team of pilots and of the LCA programme itself, how it was commissioned, the challenges in the development phase and the pressure of realising the dream of domestically developing a fighter plane. Philip Rajkumar January 29, 2021 11:44:45 IST Philip Rajkumar s The Tejas Story: The Light Combat Aircraft Project. It was only a couple of weeks ago that the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the go ahead for the manufacture of 83 homegrown fighter jets, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCAMk1A) better known as Tejas. While this move meant a big boost for India s aviation industry, it was also a project that was many decades in the making. In ....