Mumbai pilot helped NAL roll out trainer aircraft
Mumbai pilot helped NAL roll out trainer aircraft
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Apr 4, 2021, 06:00 IST
Mihir Bhagvati, test pilot, made several suggestions to improve the indigenously manufactured new generation two-seater trainer
aircraft
The new generation Hansa aircraft – the indigenously manufactured trainer aircraft of
National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) launched on March 31 – was developed with a lot of inputs from a Mumbai-based pilot, Mihir Bhagvati (inset), who heads the
Bombay Flying Club. The aircraft, HANSA-NG, will take its first flight by April-end in Bengaluru. The
NAL has received more than 30 letters of intent, and HANSA-NG is much cheaper than Cessna 172
Plane helpful: Mosque ensures safer takeoffs
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Jan 31, 2021, 06:00 IST
Ansar Masjid reduces height of minaret following objections that it protruded onto the glide paths of airports.
The minaret of a mosque, falling in the funnel zone of the
Juhu airport as well as the
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport that was endangering runway safety, has been reduced in size after repeated objections from BMC and Airports Authority of India. A funnel zone is an area aligned with the runways along the specific paths followed by flights while landing and takeoff.
The Ansar Masjid is located next to the
Now, fly to Statue of Unity
ByYogesh NaikYogesh Naik / Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 06:00 IST
Juhu airport-based charter company,
Bativala M Bhagvati Flying Charters LLP, has tied up with Sanskruti Vacations for helicopter services from Juhu airport to the
Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat.
Earlier, SpiceJet had started a seaplane service to the fastemerging destination.
Captain Mihir Bhagvati, a partner of Bativala M Bhagvati Flying Charters LLP, said, “The inaugural flight will take off later this month, and we have received more than 50 inquiries. Those wanting to visit can board the helicopter by 9 am and reach Kevadia by 10.30 am. The helipad there can accommodate nearly four helicopters.”