{"id":36766,"date":"2018-11-10T17:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T11:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36766"},"modified":"2018-11-13T16:20:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T10:50:43","slug":"hal-trainer-clears-crucial-spin-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hal-trainer-clears-crucial-spin-test\/","title":{"rendered":"HAL trainer clears crucial spin test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/hal-trainer-clears-crucial-spin-test\/article25457368.ece\"><strong>HAL trainer clears crucial spin test<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>HTT-40, the indigenously-built basic trainer aircraft has cleared its first spin test .<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>A few more tests are due to follow before the aircraft can get its operational certification, likely in mid-2019.<\/li>\n<li>The HTT-40, will join the<strong> 75 Swiss Pilatus PC-7 Mark II <\/strong>trainers that are already in service.<\/li>\n<li>The spin trial met the test points of PSQR or `preliminary specifications qualitative requirements\u2019 which signifies a <strong>safe and worthy aircraft<\/strong>, according to HAL.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Clearing spin test is a morale booster for the State-owned defence aircraft manufacturer which has braved negative sentiment in recent months for being left out of the IAF&#8217;s much-debated Rafale fighters acquisition programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong>About HTT-40:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>HTT-40 (Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40) is a new <strong>basic training aircraf<\/strong>t being developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force (IAF).<\/li>\n<li>The new aircraft will<strong> replace <\/strong>the ageing fleet of HAL HPT-32 <strong>Deepak trainers<\/strong> that are in service with the IAF.<\/li>\n<li>The aircraft will be primarily used for<strong> basic flight training,<\/strong> aerobatics, instrument flying and close-formation flights, whereas its secondary roles will include navigation and night-flying.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAL trainer clears crucial spin test News: HTT-40, the indigenously-built basic trainer aircraft has cleared its first spin test . Important Facts: A few more tests are due to follow before the aircraft can get its operational certification, likely in mid-2019. The HTT-40, will join the 75 Swiss Pilatus PC-7 Mark II trainers that are&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hal-trainer-clears-crucial-spin-test\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HAL trainer clears crucial spin test<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[653,594,224,651,652],"class_list":["post-36766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","tag-75-swiss-pilatus-pc-7-mark-ii","tag-defence-modernisation","tag-gs-2","tag-hindustan-turbo-trainer-40","tag-htt-40","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704883039},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}