GOOD BYE VIRAAT

INS VIRAAT Fighter Aircraft served there service for 30 years, there services going to stop from today announced by Navy Chief Sunil Lanba and he said that they will wait for 4 months to sell it. If nobody buys with in the 4 months time period These Fighter Aircraft will be sent to scrap by dissembling all the parts. We know These Fighter Aircraft served there services for 30 years before that it served there 27 years service for Royal Navy Service.

In the Past Andhra Pradesh Government Said INS VIRAAT will be placed in Museum but to place it in Museum it needs 1000 cores approximately. This Fighting Air craft will be stopped at Gujarat Alang area, there a final decision will be taken whether to dissemble to sell or to send it to scrap. These INS VIRAAT Fighting Aircraft traveled 11 Lakh Kilometers it means we can travel 27 times around the globe.

 

Special Features of INS VIRAAT

This is the First Fighting Aircraft in the world

It stepped in to navy service in 1987

It participated in Major Operations

INS VIRAAT got Fame after Wining over Falkland war.

INS VIRAAT Repaired for 14 times.

Major Operations

Operation Jupiter (Peace Mission with Srilanka)

Operation Vijay (1999. Post-Kargil)

INS VIRAAT played main Role in the Operation Parakram (2001, when war took place on the Parliament)

Measurements

INS VIRAAT Length is about 743 Feet; its Breadth is about 160 feet and its Height is about 29 Feet

INS VIRAAT owns 16 “C” Harrier Jets, 4 “C” King Captors, 2 chetak choppers, and 4 Dhruv choppers.

It takes 6 months time to take out all the Navy Army Instruments and Navy Army Weapons.