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The Skill Level of the Indian Navy's Carrier-Based Aviation Forces?


According to foreign media reports, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh visited India's sole aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, which is based near Goa on the western coast of India. Singh said, "If Pakistan engages in any evil or immoral acts, it will face the firepower and anger of the Indian Navy this time."

The Indian Navy's aviation forces then put on a carrier-based aircraft landing show for Singh to welcome and support him. This was originally a normal event. However, after seeing the results, something seemed amiss.

This is the moment when the MiG-29K came to a complete stop.

Do you see the problem? It is clearly deviating from the centerline of the landing area. If we use the distance between the main wheels as a ruler to estimate, the final deviation from the centerline is no less than 2 meters.


Looking back, the moment of hooking the arresting wire.


The touchdown point is fine, as it hooked the No. 2 wire perfectly, indicating a normal glide path. However, the aircraft's nose was already off course at this point, suggesting that the aircraft's heading was not aligned.

Going further back.


At this point, there were still 2 seconds left before landing. Note that the aircraft has a left bank, indicating that the pilot was still making left corrections to the heading — that is, the aircraft's heading was to the right at this time. This is consistent with the aircraft's landing rollout direction and the final stopping direction.

Reviewing the situation: The MiG-29K had a significant heading deviation when entering the landing approach — it is speculated that there was an overcorrection for the crosswind from the right. During the descent, the aircraft was making minor left corrections but failed to correct the heading. As a result, after landing, the aircraft's rollout direction was also to the right, and by the time it came to a stop, the right wingtip had extended beyond the landing area.


Of course, the fact that the aircraft could land and be stopped indicates that the arresting gear is functional, and this operation did not exceed the limit conditions. However, the pilot performing for Singh should be among the best. Is this the level of skill?

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