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Old 15th February 2024 | 20:13
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India Four Two
 
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Sorry Asturias! Pipped at the post by meleagertoo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_...nt_RG-1_Rohini

I stumbled on the Rohini quite by accident. I was looking up information on the Indian Mutiny, which took me to Lucknow and then to Cawnpore - now Kanpur. While looking at locations on Google Earth associated with the Siege of Cawnpore, I noticed a small airfield near the centre of the city, which took me to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight...ry,_IIT_Kanpur

A Rohini glider, designed and developed at Technical Center of Civil Aviation Department and manufactured at HAL, was the jewel in the crown of the Flight Lab. The open cockpit, side-by-side seating, fabric covered wooden structure glider became very popular among students and used extensively for research work.
It's amazing where the Internet rabbit hole takes you.

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