Indian Pilot successfully lands MiG-29K on INS Vikramaditya

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INS Vikramaditya, better known as Admiral Gorshkov - the Russian built Aircraft Carrier - has inched a step closer towards integration with the Indian Navy. The Russian state-owned agency ITAR TASS reported on Saturday that a MiG-29 KUB fighter jet piloted by an Indian Navy pilot made a maiden landing on the deck of INS Vikramaditya.

Quoting Russia's United Shipbuilding Corporation, ITAR TASS said that the second pilot in the two-seater-sea-based MiG-29K was a Russian.

The 45,000 ton INS Vikramaditya has been docking in Indian Naval base Karwar since beginning January.

For more details on the issue read INS Vikramaditya to be delivered at the end of 2013 and Realisation of a dream…. Two aircraft carrier navy

INS Vikramaditya to be delivered at the end of 2013

2013 end is the new delivery date for the much delayed Russian-built aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov. In his address ahead of the Navy Day on December 4, Admiral DK Joshi said that the warship should be in the Indian Navy's flotilla. 

"Amongst the overseas projects, there has been a delay in the delivery of Vikramaditya, which has sailed for more than 100 days in the recent past and completed a majority of her equipment and aviation trials. The revised schedule envisages the delivery of the ship in the last quarter of 2013," Admiral Joshi said. 

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