The HJT in my hands...HALs own little one :)



Black and white with the HJT...this bird was HAL's baby project..."Sitara" saw two versions 2003 an 2004...lets hope the lessons they learnt on this project helps with the future "Make in India" ideology...from a tiny personal perspective...if "all we have to do is assemble the aircraft" is what you feel about these projects...haha...you are way out of your depth...in case you feel the urge to learn some history...you should visit the HAL museum in Bengaluru someday...you will learn how aviation in India went through its better and tough times...to most people who comment about tech in India and are outside our borders...please feel free to come home and start your own outfit to improve things...! The level of complexity in just aircraft communications is mind boggling...but then as a country that never even saw a HAM radio in an engineering college during our days...there is much hope to improve things...! and its not like you cant do it...guys worked half their lives for firms like Motorola, Hughes etc...but don't want to come home because its so "difficult now"...saalon paise bhejne se accha aake kaam karo :) im doing my bit...be it a 0 or a 1...!!! This is dedicated to all those govt work packets that never saw light of day because we "never" brought the knowledge home :) in a bit of a mood today :)

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