Jaipur (TIP): President Droupadi Murmu on Friday, Feb 27, flew as a co-pilot in the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Prachand near the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. The helicopter took off from the Indian Air Force station in Jaisalmer, where the President was briefed by the crew before the sortie.
Wearing an olive-green flight suit and helmet, she was seen waving from the cockpit moments before take-off. The LCH Prachand is India’s first indigenously designed and developed combat helicopter and has been built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Earlier in October last year, the President had taken a sortie in a Rafale aircraft at Air Force Station in Ambala (Haryana). Air Force Station, Ambala, is the first Air Force Station where Rafale aircrafts arrived from Dassault Aviation Facility, France.
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