Residents of Jalandhar City witnessed aspell-bound experience on Wednesday when 9 Surya Kiran planes performedmagnificently in the skies. The squad of 9 Surya Kiran planes flying in aparticular pattern in the sky showed many acrobatics one after the other.
People living in city as well as incantonment area were full of praises for the brave Surya Kiran team. Earlier,they were seen performing on Tuesday in the city sky.
Reasons behind the arrival of Surya KiranAerobatic teams in Jalandhar
· SuryaKiran team came here to pay tribute to Param Vir Chakra winner Flying OfficerNirmal Singh Sekhon on his ‘Balidaan Divas’. A special program was organized invillage Isewal of Ludhiana on Tuesday. Air Marshal BK Krishna of the Indian AirForce attended the event.
In the air show organised,the pilots of Surya Kiran planes stunned the people by demonstrating differentpatterns in the sky.
· On September 17th and 18th, an airshow is being organised by the Indian Air Forceand Vajra Corps at Katoch Stadium in Jalandhar cantonment. Nine pilotsof the special team had taken off from Adampur to practice today three daysahead of the show.
“We had practiced here for our upcoming airshows. We have one in Jalandhar on September 17 and 18 and another at SukhnaLake in Chandigarh on September 23 and 24. We will make various patterns andformations, which will not just be visible from the designated venues but up toseveral kilometres around the area. For instance, during our event inJalandhar, people even residing in Model Town will be able to watch us performfrom their rooftops around 9.45 am, said Sq Ldr Navjot Singh.
Navjot Singh is a 2006 passout of SainikSchool, Kapurthala. He is a part of the squad who will perform in the SuryaKiran team.