[AlphaKilo]

Originally Posted by skanchan95

The Air Force's MiG-29s are undergoing upgrades that has made/will make it a completely different beast(structurally similar to MiG-29SMT, but internally similar to Navy's MiG-29K standards). Atleast one them is back on Indian shores after upgrades in Russia. No.47 Sqdn is slated to be the first one to fly the upgraded MiG-29s. I expected that the upgraded Fulcrum will be present at AI'13. but sadly it looks like it isn't

Not just one! 3 are back. (Ref: Bharat-rakshak info http://en.take-off.ru/pdf_to/to25.pdf )

The Navy's MiG-29K/KUBs are already fully operational with the Navy's No. 303 "Black Panthers" squadron.

Thanks for confirming the Sqn. name.

Edit: Rafael live webcast: http://rafale.co.in/index.php/en/201...vents.html?v=1

[himanshugoswami]

Aircraft may come and aircrasft may go, but you will be hard pressed to find an aircraft with greater visual impact that the mighty Flanker!

[vivekiny2k]

All this talk of helicopter names made me realize how important is version control.

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by vivekiny2k

All this talk of helicopter names made me realize how important is version control.

You should've posted this in the jokes thread!

[neel385]

@Skanchan 95, Alpha kilo, Sandy X, guys you were right. I was not aware of the Army mod of the Dhruv and thought that the LCH and the Rudra are the same. My mistake!

Seen the LCH in action though...pretty good it is!!

@vivekiny2k, it was more a case of a person thinking he knew!!, but didn't!!

[audioholic]

Going there tomorrow guys. No DSLR. Think I will shoot some ground pictures. Any highlights or activities there?

[kousik]

Looking forward to attend it on Saturday morning. Will post pics over the weekend.

One confusion (off topic) -- I registered online as a general visitor on weekend and paid 500 (+ whatever) on my credit card (painstakingly, individually for everyone in family). Now all I have an e-mail with a unique registration id. Do I need to take a printout of the same at the venue? Is there a counter at venue where I have to show the e-mail (and a photo ID) and get tickets issued? Or do I have to go to axis bank (with the e-mail) to get tickets? I don't want to land up there to hear I should have gone to X to get my tickets.

[Lukeskywalker]

One confusion (off topic) -- I registered online as a general visitor on weekend and paid 500 (+ whatever) on my credit card (painstakingly, individually for everyone in family). Now all I have an e-mail with a unique registration id. Do I need to take a printout of the same at the venue? Is there a counter at venue where I have to show the e-mail (and a photo ID) and get tickets issued? Or do I have to go to axis bank (with the e-mail) to get tickets? I don't want to land up there to hear I should have gone to X to get my tickets.

There seems to be a lot of confusion over the "unique reg Id", I would suggest you pick up your tickets at an Axis bank branch, the venue on saturday will be quite chaotic.

[mpksuhas]

^^ +1 to that. Also, Axis bank Indiranagar was chaotic when I visited last saturday. Decided to check in Axis bank MG road since I was headed that way and found it better managed.

[rajakumar]

For the benefit of all of us, can someone who has already gone through the process of booking tickets, registering and visiting, list out the steps involved and the things to avoid.

The Aero India site has very minimal information for the general public category.

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by Lukeskywalker

There seems to be a lot of confusion over the "unique reg Id", I would suggest you pick up your tickets at an Axis bank branch, the venue on saturday will be quite chaotic.

oh yes! remember that all too well from last time! at the 500/- gate, there was commotion with regards to checking/issuing of tickets. finally the MPs came out and our local police also was there and guess what - they had a tiff on who's turf it was!!

finally, they closed the counter and went inside the AFB compound! the spectators who had come there for the show were to fend for themselves. that's when Amitoj and myself changed plans and got them business tickets (the 1500/- ones). between the tussle, finding parking (and walking almost 2km to the gate) and getting the business passes, we lost a good 3hrs!!

so plan ahead!

[shajufx]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

.....between the tussle, finding parking (and walking almost 2km to the gate) and getting the business passes, we lost a good 3hrs!!

That means it happens every year !! I had gone through the same pain in 2011. Standing for an hour with the print-out, getting the passes, walking all the way to the side gate (through Ryan school route) and face another crowd push & pull there. Not forgetting the record quantity of dust I breathed that day (not at display area, but parking & entry gates).

[srishiva]

I am not sure where all these wonderful machines will be really used for their real purpose. I envy the guys who will have fun flying these astonishing machines

[IronH4WK]

Originally Posted by shajufx

That means it happens every year !! I had gone through the same pain in 2011. Standing for an hour with the print-out, getting the passes, walking all the way to the side gate (through Ryan school route) and face another crowd push & pull there. Not forgetting the record quantity of dust I breathed that day (not at display area, but parking & entry gates).

i was referring to 2011's Aero India itself! wait a minute - you were there? there were quite a few BHPians there i guess, saw many stickered cars, but didn't bump into any.

[shajufx]

Originally Posted by IronH4WK

i was referring to 2011's Aero India itself! wait a minute - you were there? there were quite a few BHPians there i guess, saw many stickered cars, but didn't bump into any.

Yes, I was there, but did not take my car that time, went with a bhpian. Came back with another bhpian