Question

    Who designed and built the first IAF-made patent

    aircraft, Air Force 'Kanpur-1 Vintage Prototype Aircraft'?
    A Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Late Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Base Repair Depot Kanpur Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Indian Air Force Heritage Centre Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the nation’s first Indian Air Force Heritage Centre in Chandigarh. The heritage centre highlights the IAF’s role in various wars. It houses five vintage aircraft and will provide visitors with cockpit exposure and an experience with flight simulators. It also houses the first IAF-made patent aircraft Air Force ‘Kanpur-1 Vintage Prototype Aircraft’, a single-engine indigenous flying machine designed and built by the late Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh in 1958 at Base Repair Depot Kanpur. Learn Along: About Indian Air Force Chief of the Air Staff (CAS): Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari

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