President may set record on Wednesday

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) President of India Pratibha Patil
will fly into the history books on Wednesday for being the
oldest woman to take a sortie in a two seater fighter jet
Sukhoi-30 from Air Force station in Pune in west India.

The President, who may set a world record by becoming the
oldest woman to fly in a fighter jet aircraft at a speed close
to the supersonic level, had expressed her full confidence of
undertaking the flight from the 30 Squadron Base of IAF.

The President, who will be sitting in the co-pilot's
chamber in the cockpit, will be donning a special 'G-suit'
worn by the fighter pilots to counter gravitational effect due
to any high speed air manoeuvres.

The 30-minute flight has been designed specially for her
with the aircraft being flown by Wing Commander S Sajan at
sub-sonic speed of 0.9 Mach which is less than 1,000 km per
hour whereas the supersonic levels start at Mach one, which is
about 1,236 km per hour.

The sortie has been planned in a way that the President
who is also the Supreme Commander of defence forces do not
feel any discomfort when in the air. PTI SKL

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