Mysuru, Jan. 17 -- In a first for any National Cadet Corps (NCC) Unit in Southern States, the NCC Group Headquarters in Mysuru has received two new Microlight Aircraft - Pipistrel Virus FW 80 - to facilitate flight training for its cadets. It is a two-seater T-Tail high-wing aircraft that is ideal for initial and advanced flight training.
The two aircraft were sanctioned to Mysuru as part of the NCC's plan to procure 100 such aircraft for its squadrons across the country. Brigadier D.M. Purvimath (VSM), Deputy Director General, NCC Directorate, Karnataka and Goa and Colonel M.K. Belliappa, Group Commander, NCC Mysore Group, received the aircraft at the Mysore Airport recently and undertook the first training flights.
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