HANSA-NG Aircraft successfully completed Engine Relight test

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The HANSA-NG two-seater flying trainer aircraft passed an in-flight engine relight test at DRDO‘s Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility in Challakere.

India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG designed and developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore under the aegis of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
It is one of the most advanced flying trainers, and is powered by the Rotax Digital Control Engine.
It possesses unique features like Just-in-time Prepreg (JIPREG) Composite Lightweight Airframe, glass cockpit, bubble canopy with wide panoramic view, electrically operated flaps, etc.
The aircraft is designed to meet the Indian flying club needs and it is an ideal aircraft for Commercial Pilot Licensing (CPL) due to its low cost and low fuel consumption.
- NAL has already received more than 80 LoIs (Letter of Intents) from various flying clubs for the aircraft.

The in-flight engine relight test is the most critical and important milestone towards certification of an aircraft by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
The flight test was carried out at an altitude of 7,000-8,000 feet with a speed range of 60 to 70 knots.
The aircraft handling characteristics and flight parameters were found to be normal during these test flights.

It is India's first largest and only government aerospace R&D laboratory in the country’s civilian sector.
It was established by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at Delhi in 1959 and its headquarters was later moved to Bangalore in 1960.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was established by the Government of India in September 1942.
It is an autonomous body that has emerged as the largest research and development organisation in India.
It is mainly funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology. It operates as an autonomous body through the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
CSIR covers a wide spectrum of streams – from radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, aeronautics, instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology.
The research and development activities of CSIR include aerospace engineering, structural engineering, ocean sciences, life sciences, metallurgy, chemicals, mining, food, petroleum, leather, and environmental science.