Bengaluru: Trainer aircraft Hansa-NG successfully completes maiden sea trials
India’s indigenous flying trainer aircraft Hansa New Generation (Hansa-NG), designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bengaluru, has successfully completed the sea level trials at Puducherry between February 19 and March 5.
The aircraft was flown to Puducherry, covering a distance of 140 nautical miles in one and half hours at a cruising speed of 155 km/hr, on February 19. The objective of these trials was to evaluate handling qualities, climb and cruise performance, balked landing, structural performance, including positive and negative G force, power plant and other systems performance at sea level.
