tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post7128644881105635919..comments2024-03-29T10:31:55.027+05:30Comments on CYCLIC: THE TRAVAILS OF A CO-PILOT (Jan 1972 - 43 Sqn IAF)CYCLIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141224220070565546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-54443672053853390212023-10-28T13:19:43.870+05:302023-10-28T13:19:43.870+05:30Excellent reading Excellent reading Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-127700129905178412018-11-12T14:22:21.171+05:302018-11-12T14:22:21.171+05:30Great Writing unni sir. I was also in the same are...Great Writing unni sir. I was also in the same area from 82- 84 till the daks got phased out. I remember once chiding my navigator course mate for trying to refuse a flight because the expected weather was bad. The mad captain and I finally prevailed I've him and took of. Finally the weather wasn't as bad as predicted. Chandrasekhar jabali. chandruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16398580483956859190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-28753415987399948922013-04-07T19:40:34.342+05:302013-04-07T19:40:34.342+05:30how i wish we would fly more in those blessed alie...how i wish we would fly more in those blessed alien hills.<br />hardly any flying left there.<br />and no daks<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-79931498945236117412012-05-12T00:44:55.451+05:302012-05-12T00:44:55.451+05:30How well you take me back to time spent at Jorhat ...How well you take me back to time spent at Jorhat making hours for flying bounty.A Flt Cdr at 49 had the bright idea of putting fighter jocks coming for bounty flying on the right seat to overcome what was probably a shortage of Co Jos.Different times then and we were given clearance after a weeks training to sit on the right.Being part timers , we were not subject to much of the travails you so well describe.For the opinionated little twerp that I was, it was such a humbling experience trying to fly the DC3.But how well I remember the hours I flew describing circles in narrow valleys, watching in awe as the ejection crew pushed the load out, heard the goats bleating and watching them run after the cage they were in sometimes broke on landing.And how can I forget the way Shankar Roy cleared a hilltop after dropping.I could see it looming ahead larger than life but he just did not turn a hair as he maintained speed at 110 and cleared the top by less than 20 feet!Absolute Mastery.Or witnessing my Captain coursemate drop the aircraft so badly, then bouncing and rolling all over the runway.But there he was at the wheel,Captain Resolute , grimfaced and without a clue as to what was happening around him.And when the ordeal ended, cool enough to say that the Dak sometimes did funny things.I must have learnt a bit about mislandings on the DC 3 after that.Flying as Co Jo to Wg.Cdr. Chadha the CO of 43 who was both brave and kind to entrust me with the take off and landing without saying a word had me in orbit for many days afterwards.<br /> Vijay Nagar(stuck there due technical for two days)watching the locals arrow fish in the fast flowing river,Tuting, Daparijo, Ziro and so many exotic places suddenly came alive versus the only exposure at Dulang Mukh Range that being Range Safety Officer accorded.<br /> Thank you Sqn.Ldr.Mani.You made bounty flying a productive and fun experience against the established practice of sitting at the back or adding our name in the Autho book afterwards.ramaseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05117563025807751564noreply@blogger.com