IAF chopper team to set sky ablaze

BANGALORE: In Singapore they floored the aviation aficionados with their aerobatics skills. A brainchild of Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy, the Sarang Helicopter Display Team is the second helicopter formation aerobatics team in the world, next to the Blue Eagles of the British army.
Parented by Bangalore-based Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) of the Indian Air Force, the team currently flies three HAL-built ALHs (Dhruvs) and is set to increase the numbers gradually.
"The Sarang team is unique because of the well-choreographed display routine which includes background music for the audience. Formation-flying in helicopters is inherently difficult than fixed-wing aircraft," says Air Cmde Anil Chopra, Commandant, ASTE, adding: "I was very confident about my boys'' performance. They stormed Singapore and now they are set to go places."
It is learnt the Indian audience will have their maiden date with the Sarang sizzlers very soon.