Review of article "Wings Over Rajpath" from Geopolitics Magazine

Refer to “WINGS OVER RAJPATH” (Geopolitics January 2016) by Mayank Singh . In this article writer has rightly explained that how a Republic day is made more special by Air show of Helicopters, Sukhoi, Dhruv, Chakra etc. The writer mentioned that viewers either watching live or on televisions enjoy a lot that moment when tricolor flutter in blue sky playing hide and seek with our eyes disappearing in to the clouds.

There are three types of aircraft which participate and all take off from different locations. Fighters, transport and Helicopters have which have different speed and they cover different locations. Visibility of these shows are really important in the overall planning of the display. With visibility decreasing the aircraft have to be brought closer to the VIP and the public and then line of sight also has to be adjusted.

The author briefly described how much hard work they have to do before performing on 26^th jan and in front of the president, prime minister and thousands of people watching live and millions of on television. The preparations, even for highly experienced pilots, begin a fortnight before the Republic day parade. The team leaders and Deputy Leaders meet on January 13 for their familiarisation of flying day. January 19 is the day when both the leaders fly in their formation with a continuous practice till January 22. Rigorous training, total discipline, teamwork, focus to the task at hand, risks taking, total faith in each other’s ability, alertness and leadership, display flying is much more than just display of fine flying skills.