Soldier On
Airplanes are beautiful.One of the aviation’s oldest clichés is that if an airplane looks right, it’ll fly right. They represent freedom and the possibility of traveling far away from our problems. But sometimes, it is hard to see the beauty in some of them. Engineers need to make some decisions that make an airplane a … Read more
Akhilesh Yadav’s pet project, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, is all set for its big-bang inauguration on November 21. The project is the Uttar Pradesh CM’s pitch to state voters that his government is focused on development. The 302-km expressway will be operational by December this year. It has been completed in a record time of 22 … Read more
In a move long anticipated by industry insiders, Indian’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar announced today that Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will produce a radically modernized version of the 1950s-vintage Hawker Hunter jet fighter. The original Hunter, a British design, first flew in 1951 and was widely exported. It proved popular with the Indian Air … Read more