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IAF flies PM Modi on a Tejas aircraft over Bengaluru for 30 minutes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a first-hand feel of the indigenous light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas as he took a sortie in the trainer version of the aircraft on November 25.

Mr. Modi became the first Prime Minister to fly in a fighter aircraft as he went on sortie which lasted for 30 minutes.

Attired in a G-suit, PM Modi was aboard an aircraft flown by Group Captain Debanjan Mandal. The sortie was carried out from the Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment, Bengaluru. During the 30-minute sortie, capabilities of fighter aircraft Tejas were demonstrated to the prime minister.  

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