CURRENT AFFAIRS

2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India successfully carried out first ever mid-air refuelling of
A
HAL Dhruv
B
HAL Tejas
C
HAL Cheetah
D
HAL Chetak
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -LCA Tejas was named ‘Tejas’, which means ‘radiance’, by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 7 August 1949, the Meteor flown by FRL test pilot Pat Hornidge took off from Tarrant Rushton and remained airborne for 12 hours and 3 minutes, receiving 2, 352 imperial gallons (10, 690 L) of fuel in ten refuelings from a Lancaster tanker.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first successful aerial refueling took place on June 27, 1923, when a DH-4B carrying Lts. Virgil Hine and Frank W. Seifert passed gasoline through a hose to another DH-4B flying beneath it carrying Lts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is IIyushin II-78.

Detailed explanation-5: -Westland Wapiti, one of the first aircraft flown by the Royal Indian Air Force.

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