This article appeared in a recent issue  of "Air & Space" magazine.


http://www.rcindia.org/myfiles/JRD_AEROSPACE0001.pdf
http://www.rcindia.org/myfiles/JRD_AEROSPACE_10001.pdf

Nice share
will read tonight.

Sushil sir! did your Bro fly these birds before he flew the AN-12s , i am sure he was christened in the DAKs.

Sushil Sir..a million thanks for the valuable link..its awesome..and needful..

Thanks Sushil. Lovely read
And those Dak, with the open doors, looks to be on their way to or have just dropped a stick (since the backdrop is Agra)

Manish
Good observation, there, brought my Paratrooper Trg days back to life, lost a guy in my stick, back in 92

Quote from: augustinev on January 10, 2012, 12:26:43 PM
Sushil sir! did your Bro fly these birds before he flew the AN-12s , i am sure he was christened in the DAKs.

No. He went out to Russia for 6 months of training on these, as soon as he was commissioned (80th GDP). He was part of the first squadron of AN 12s, ("25" - as far as I remember) based at Chandigarh.