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Places to visit in Bangalore

Posted by Jagan on Thu Jul 17, 2003 03:39:46 AM

In reply top off to india soon.... posted by Elliott on Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:27:56 AM

Hi, Elliot,

Bangalore is a nice place to visit. It is the homebase for HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd). As such, the place is littered with Gate Guardians at quite a few places.

Take time out to visit the HAL Aerospace Museum and Heritage Center. All the details (Phone numbers, location, fees , yada yada) are at this url

http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wbblrhal.html

There are 12 aircraft at last count and may have been joined by more. Though none are of WW2 vintage, you will find a few of them interesting. The best part of the museum is the Gallery section, where some rare pictures dating back to WW2 have been displayed . Liberators, Tempests, Cats, Hudsons, etc..lovely pics.

Bangalore also has other aircraft in display around the city. This link would be helpful. http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/wbblore.html

Poona (Pune) on the other hand is quite far from Bangalore and trying to visit the airfield (lohegaon) will require lot of pull (As the base is home to some latest and sensitive acquisitions). I have been to Lohegaon and checked out almost 60-70% of the airfield by jeep. Haven't seen a single item of interest apart from droptanks used by Canberras!. Still one airman told me about a 'jungle'(!) where wrecked aircraft are dumped..but never had the time and access to check it up.

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