The Indian Air Force’s restored vintage North American T-6G Harvard trainer is on its way back home! Bundled into an IAF C-17, the aircraft arrives in India on July 28 and will be shown off to the public for the first time at the Air Force Day celebration on October 8. The IAF C-17 is already at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire to embark the aircraft, the second vintage IAF plane restored by Flt Lt Mike Edwards, after the de Havilland Tiger Moth that performed at 2012’s AF Day celebration.
The Harvard remained in Indian service across independence, from 1942 till 1975.
Photos: Flt Lt Mike Edwards / via Air Chief Marshal FH Major
15 Comments
Anonymous
How embarrassing…
Anonymous
(Yes , most boring news)
Haresh Thakkar
great the new generation will appreciate the beauty of these small tiny bird
Anonymous
IAF it seems is like the present day maharajas and nawabs…do not have money for day to day expenses.Still.."shauk wohi raeesonwale"
Anonymous
First make your current aircrafts safe to fly. Then waste money and time on showing off.
Anonymous
IAF is good at maintaining junks but crashes the new ones.
Anonymous
Unlike Russian and French crap, these planes are built like tanks and work decades later.
Anonymous
What an irony…you have Su30s grounded for over a month and this junk flying…not useful.
Anonymous
you are putting c17 to the great use after all..even vintage restoration needs foreign help..this is stretching the limits a bit.
Anonymous
Why does a poor nation like india spend money on such things…useless waste.
Anonymous
Vintage Glory!! Another iaf jet crash today. Shame on you IAF, DRDO, HAL. Poor maintenance.
Anonymous
Vintage Glory ! Last week iaf crash Dhruv heli, this weak jaguar fighter jet and what about next weak hmm, maybe they crash state of art c 17. Because iaf vintage Air Force not modren Air Force .
Anonymous
To maintain documents and artifacts of the past is a good practice it gives sense of pride to the future and great wars require pride as one of the essential components of the formula to win it.
Anonymous
Indirect message from IAF…this is what we are capable of…flying vintage aircrafts..
Anonymous
IAF lost a Darin II Jaguar no story about it…only feel good stuff.. huh.