Courtesy: India Today Group   
The hugely anticipated first flight of an improved version of India’s TEJAS
fighter took place today in Bangalore. The 18-minute flight of the first TEJAS
MK-1A airframe ‘LA5033’ was flown by HAL chief test pilot Group Captain K
K Venugopal and comes after two days of taxi tests at HAL’s airfield in the
southern Indian city.

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