SARANG: SYMPHONY IN THE AIR SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION ED BUYER ONLY) ED BUYER AS -B A NDI I News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. 75.00 ( ` Aviationwww.spsaviation.net november • 2011 + • Environment & Commercial Aviation • Chartered Services in India • LCC Model - How Viable IAF • Business Aircraft Operators • C-130J Induction & Capacity Association Enhancement • Helicopters for Medevac • Sarang Team • NBAA 2011 • 79th Anniversary Celebrations • MMRCA Update • Selection of Apache • Training Mechanism Introspection RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 flying-high-india-SP-Aviation.pdf 1 30/09/2011 08:29:38 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION TABLE of CONTENTS News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. AviationIssue 11 • 2011 a plane and a partnership. C-130J. redefining capability and commitment. 38 IAF SPECIAL: 26 IAF SPECIAL: The Sarang team of the IAF has carried C-130Js delivery ahead of schedule out numerous displays in India and abroad has ushered a new era of Indo-US performing in more than 35 air shows relationship TECKNOW 47 Helicopter Selection 12 Fly Faster & Safer Cover Story One & Only 50 Air Force Day FIRST 79 Going Strong 14 Manned Multicopter SO UNIQUE, SO SPECIAL SHOW REPORT Since 1956, more than 40 CIVIL 54 NBAA variants of C-130 Hercules 15 Environment A Festive Affair The Way Forward have enhanced the tactical airlift capability of over 50 HALL OF famE 19 Business Aviation 59 Bessie Coleman Charting a Path nations across the globe. The C-130J Super Hercules is 22 Helicopters REGULAR DEPARTMENTS Life Savers the latest in the series. • 5 A Word from Editor 24 Business Association SARANG: SYMPHONY IN THE AIR 6 NewsWithViews Growing Albeit Slowly SP’s AN SP GUIDE PUBLICATION Results Soon News Flies. We Gather Intelligence. Every Month. From India. 75.00 (INDIA-BASED BUYER ONLY) BUYER 75.00 (INDIA-BASED 49 Seminar Report ` Aviationwww.spsaviation.net NOVEMBER • 2011 8 InFocus The Decade Ahead Low-Cost Saddle IAF SPECIAL 9 Forum C-130J SUPER HERCULES + Conflicting & Dogmatic THIS IS HOW • Environment & Commercial Aviation C-130J • Chartered Services in India 34 LCC Model - How Much Viable • IAF • Business Aircraft Operators • C-130J Induction & Capacity Association Enhancement 60 NewsDigest India’s C-130J Hercules • Helicopters for Medevac • Sarang Team • NBAA 2011 The C-130J is more than the aircraft that redefines airlift capability. It is a symbol of commitment and partnership. • 79th Anniversary Celebrations • MMRCA Update • Selection of Apache 36 C-130J • Training Mechanism Introspection 64 LastWord Configured and equipped to meet India’s needs. Meeting every development and delivery milestone on time RNI NUMBER: DELENG/2008/24199 Train to Succeed Powering the IAF SP's Aviation Cover 11 final.indd 1 11/11/11 12:58 PM and on budget. Building a foundation for long-term partnership is all a question of how. And it is the how that Sarang 38 Cover Photo: Lockheed Martin delivers. Symphony in the Air The C-130J will soon start training with the Garud NEXT ISSUE: 44 ALH Special Forces, Para Commandos & NSG Middle East & Business Aviation Glory in the Sky Image By: Anoop Kamath lockheedmartin.com/c130j 2 SP’S AVIATION Issue 11 • 2011 www.spsaviation.net 301-62434_APlane_IAFS.indd 1 10/17/11 11:53 AM a plane and a partnership. C-130J. redefining capability and commitment. THIS IS HOW C-130J SUPER HERCULES The C-130J is more than the aircraft that redefines airlift capability. It is a symbol of commitment and partnership. Configured and equipped to meet India’s needs. Meeting every development and delivery milestone on time and on budget. Building a foundation for long-term partnership is all a question of how. And it is the how that Lockheed Martin delivers. lockheedmartin.com/c130j 301-62434_APlane_IAFS.indd 1 10/17/11 11:53 AM TABLE of CONTENTS PLUS... PUBLISHER AND Editor-IN-CHIEF DESIGN & LAYOUT Jayant Baranwal Senior Art Director: Anoop Kamath Designers: Vimlesh Kumar Yadav, DEPUTY GROUP Editor Sonu Singh Bisht Prakash Chandra DIRECTOR SALES & MARKETING AssistaNT GROUP Editor Neetu Dhulia R. Chandrakanth SALES & MARKETING Head Vertical Sales: Rajeev Chugh SENIOR VISITING Editor Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia SP’S WEBSITES Sr Web Developer: Shailendra Prakash Ashish SENIOR TECHNical GROUP EditorS Web Developer: Ugrashen Vishwakarma 19 Charting a Path Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. 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Fax: +7 (495) 912 1260 4 SP’S AVIATION Issue 11 • 2011 www.spsaviation.net A Word from Editor The C-130J package being provided by the US Government is said to be comprehensive. The airlifter has already been deployed in relief operations and the IAF is pleased as punch about its capabilities. n the growing India-US relationship, President ment and A.K. Sachdev finds that China has scored over In- Barack Obama had put it succinctly, stating dia in the all-important initiative of harnessing indigenous that it is “one of the defining partnerships of biofuel production capability for addressing the long-term the 21st century”. Taking a cue from there, the necessity of replacing fossil fuels. US Department of Defense has embarked upon Talking about the Chinese, they swamped the annual strengthening defence relations with India. NBAA event at Las Vegas. LeRoy Cook reports how the 2011 Irrespective of the fall-out of the medium multi-role com- NBAA show will go down in history as the year of the Chi- Obat aircraft (MMRCA) deal in which the two US contenders— nese buyout, when billions of dollars in orders were placed Lockheed Martin and Boeing—did not make the grade, the for all sorts of business aircraft. US has come up with a very positive approach. While it has Unlike the Chinese growth, India’s business aviation in- made an offer for the joint strike fighter F-35, the US has dustry has also found momentum as Sucheta Das Mohapatra categorically stated that it remains committed to a broad de- finds out from the Business Aircraft Operators Association of fence trade relationship that enables transfers of “some of India which has forecast threefold increase. In a separate our most advanced technologies”. article, R. Chandrakanth mentions how the industry is gung- In this background, the IAF acquisition of six C-130J ho about the opportunities with Indian airports registering Super Hercules aircraft has to be seen. Joseph Noronha nearly 34 per cent more general aviation flights during the in his article dwells on what the C-130J Hercules aircraft last four years from 2006. We at SP’s Aviation hope that it is means for India. This is India’s first experience with the ‘good times’ for all! Happy landings! aircraft and the package being provided by the US Govern- ment is said to be comprehensive. The airlifter has already been deployed in relief operations and the IAF is pleased as punch about its capabilities. In a short span of time, the Sarang team of IAF has earned a name for itself as a profes- sional display team. Air Marshal (Retd) B.K. Pandey speaks about the pride of the nation’s ‘symphony in the air’. Moving away from defence to commercial aviation, there is turbulence in the skies as the ‘King of Good Times’ is go- ing through ‘bad times’. Financially strapped Kingfisher Air- lines has cancelled several of its flights ahead of the winter schedule, explaining that it was on ‘rejigging’ its aircraft, giving emphasis to ‘business class’. It was not long ago that Vijay Mallya’s airline had bought India’s pioneering low-cost airline Air Deccan, and rechristened it as ‘Kingfisher Red’ and ironically it remained in the red. While low-cost car- riers in India seemingly are having a good run, Kingfisher Airlines has not been able to manage the operations of a full-service carrier and a low-cost carrier at the same time. Air Marshal (Retd) V.K. Bhatia analyses on what went wrong Jayant Baranwal with the airline in “In Focus and Forum”. Publisher & Editor-in-Chief In this issue, we are trending on aviation and environ- Issue 11 • 2011 SP’S AVIATION 5 RESULTS SOON Views The bids for India’s $10.4 billion tender for 126 combat aircraft was opened on November 4, though the name of the winner is yet to be declared.