Vayu Aerospace and Defence

HAL Book ‘Harlow to Hawk’ released

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Ata special ceremony on 15 February, HAL Chairman T Suvarna Raju formally released the book Harlow to Hawk which encapsulat­es history of HAL’s Aircraft Division at Bangalore from the very PC- 5A) in the early 1940s till the present, when Hindustan Aeronautic­s Limited have completed manufactur­e of several tranches of the BAE Systems Hawk advanced jet trainers. Over the past eight decades, HAL’s Aircraft Division have produced a range of fighters, nearly 1500 of which have served with the Indian Air Force. HAL’s Aircraft Division remains repository of the country’s accumulate­d experience and expertise in manufactur­ing a veritable range of aircraft types which makes it the logical centre for production of next generation combat aircraft.

The author, Pushpindar Singh, is well- known internatio­nally for his research and writing on Indian aviation matters for over four decades, being regarded as virtual chronicler of India’s aviation history, and founder editor of the Vayu Aerospace & Defence Review, now in its 43rd year of publicatio­n.

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