INS Vikrant in the days of the yore!
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Barrier Engagement on INS Vikrant by Cdr PA Debrass, 26 March 1966
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INS Vikrant with her entire complement of flying machines!
A busy little floating airfield she was!
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INS Vikrant strutting her stuff in Malta, some time in the 1960s
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18 May 1961 - First Indian deck landing on INS Vikrant!
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A deck-full of deadly flying machines!
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Favourable winds and a reliable catapult were a must!
Of course the Mother Ship too sailed into the wind with all her might in order to give her birds just that much more advantage!!
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A Sea Hawk ready to be pushed into the blue skies!
Behind the little wall of steam, sails the erstwhile INS Mysore!
Photo: Bharat Rakshak
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विक्रांत!
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A Legacy Unmatched!
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Three fighter types sailing the seas together - Sea Harriers, Sea Hawks and Alizes!
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04 March 1961 - The Vikrant is Commissioned in the service of Mother India!
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The beginning of yet another new era for the Grand Old Mothership!
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The Harrier's first rendezvous with the Mother Ship!
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10 May 1987 - The last catapult launch from an Indian Aircraft Carrier till date.
Hereafter the Vikrant went on to be retrofitted with a ski jump!
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The VTOL era was yet another 'interesting' one!
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The Viraat and Vikrant prowled the seas together for almost six years before the latter was decommissioned!
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Yet another wonderful image from a glorious past!
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The Awesome men and machines that together formed a formidable, winning combination!
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A visit by the Prime Minister!
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This Chetak would've made even Maharana Pratap proud!!
Sea Hawks lined up onboard the Vikrant!
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An Alize thrown up into the skies by the faithful catapult of the Mother Ship!
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A Sea King looks for submerged challengers by the Mother Ship!
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Harriers and the Vikrant - Made for Each Other!
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A sad ending indeed ..
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Yet She lives on!
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A poignant, yet optimistic parting message from two and a half decades ago
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.. And a wish fulfilled as the Vikrant commes alive again!
Cheers to the beginning of a new era!
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BRAVO ZULU!!
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