Eurofighters escort Indian President in rare honour

[Alchemy]

Why is it dirty ? So many have stuffed their defense equipments just by paying bribes to goventment ..... just because they escorted over their airspace it gets dirty is it ?

Moreover Eurofighter is the best fighter in MMRCA and everyone knows that !!!

 

[SpArK]

Its a honorary symbol ..hppnd many a times..

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[Ambitious449]

Nice gesture

 

[harpoon]

There was one documentary about Airforce One in NGC in which it was said that many countries wanted to escort Airforce One with their fighter planes when it entered their airspace as a mark of respect to the visiting US president and for added security but was politely refused as Americans consider this an added security risk.

 

[SpArK]

 

[patriot_indian]

the thing which you are pointing to is the CANOPY and there is nothing called as a CO- PASSENGER SHIELD -- and the twin seeter dosent have two distinct canopies but its a single piece CANOPY NOT A SHIELD. the stupid journos dont know what they are seeing
the aircraft has DEPLOYED THE AIR-BRAKE and these people have mistook it for a SHIELD -TALK ABT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE DUMB PEOPLE WHO REPORT ON NATIONAL NEWS MEDIUM

the above pic will demonstrate the above...........

is that logo of german swastika on the fighter jet?

 

[harpoon]

is that logo of german swastika on the fighter jet?

Being an Indian, I believe you know how a swastika looks like.

 

[wild_fire1979]

She is right there on top of the most useless presidents we have ever had. If it would have been Kalam I would have escorted him too. Pratibha Patil, I would not escort her with a flying donkey!!

 

[acetophenol]

VIENNA: In a rare honour, two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets escorted the Air India One aircraft carrying President Pratibha Patil as it entered the Austrian airspace.

Within seconds of entering the Austrian airspace from Switzerland on Tuesday, two gleaming jets appeared suddenly on the left side of the President's plane.

Those inside the presidential aircraft started shooting the jets in frenzy. But, only with their mobile phones and cameras.

The Eurofighters are one of the shortlisted contenders in the Indian MRCA tender to purchase 126 "Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft".

After about two minutes, one of the jets suddenly pulled back and flew to the other side of the aircraft. Everyone was just interested in getting the perfect shot of the plane which also opened its co-passenger shield as a mark of respect. The best view was just before landing as all three aircraft lost altitude and the jets were at an arm's length.

Eurofighters escort President in rare honour - The Times of India

Livefist: Nice Touch! Eurofighters Escort Indian Prez Into Austria

may be he was offering a lift?
classic reporting error.

 

[Tshering22]

I think Austrians are not aware of Indian constitution where President is just a figure head.

No use escorting Ms. Patil dear Austrians for Singh is King In India

And what makes you think this "singh" is any significant practically either, today?

 

[nomi007]

just for mmrca competition
Austria is also operator of ef-2000

 

[Windjammer]

Man, such dirty marketing tactics.....Bleh!

Bit of an exaggeration there.....Austria is just an operator, why would it want to promote the Typhoon. ??!!

 

[karan.1970]

Bit of an exaggeration there.....Austria is just an operator, why would it want to promote the Typhoon. ??!!

I agree.. Looks like a normal gesture of respect to a visiting State head...

 

[Mech]

Fine....retracting my statement...nothing to see here...

 

[Windjammer]

I agree.. Looks like a normal gesture of respect to a visiting State head...

Indeed, it's like giving a protocol. Here you see PAF escorting King of Jordan's aircraft.