| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | BH572 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 748 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Kanpur 748 |
| Aircraft Version: | Kanpur 748 Srs1/103 |
| C/n (msn): | 500 |
| Operator Titles: | India - Air Force |
| Local Operator Name: | भारतीय वायु सेना |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | YelahankaMap |
| Country: | India |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: VOYK IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Aero India 2019 |
| Photo Date: | 20 February 2019 |
| Photo by: | Arjun Sarup |
| Photo ID: | 872165 |
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Immaculate 57-year HS-748 flying by at Aero India 2019 with a Kiran Mk.1 in echelon. This is the first Avro 748 assembled by the IAF at Kanpur through the efforts of AVM Harjinder Singh, AOC Maintenance Command. It flew on 1 Nov 1961 after the second prototype flew on 10 Apr 1961 in the UK, thereby making it the third Avro 748 to take to the air. It was titled 'Subroto' in honor of late Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, the first Indian C-in-C and Chief of the Air Staff of the IAF. The aircraft was demonstrated in front of PM Nehru at Palam. Later it did a SE Asia tour in 1962. This photo is copyright © Arjun Sarup, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 28 November 2025, and has since been viewed 92 times. |