• Aircraft:

  Hindustan Aeronautics HJT-16 Kiran Mk.II

• Reg: U784 photos
• Serial #:

  HAL/JT/WC/111

• Airline: India - Air Force
• Photo Date: Dec 05, 2015
• Uploaded: Feb 18, 2024
• Other Location - HAL Heritage Center, India

First flown on 4 Sep 1964, the Kiran was designed and built by HAL as a basic jet trainer. The first Kiran Mk.Is with the RR Viper 11 turbojet were inducted in the IAF in Mar 1968, equipping the Flying Instructors School (FIS) at Tambaram. Production was switched to the Mk.IA with hardpoints, later to the Mk.II with an 18.728kN RR Orpheus 701-05 turbojet. Internal fuel was increased to 1340 L and a pair of 7.62mm guns with 250 rounds each was fitted in the nose. The Kiran formed the IAF’s Surya Kiran and Indian Navy’s Sagar Pawan aerobatic teams and still serves as an intermediate trainer.

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Aircraft

On static display at HAL Aerospace Museum

Sean D Silva U784

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The HJT Mk 2 on display with a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus 70105 Engine

Sean D Silva U784

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Sean D Silva U784

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First flown on 4 Sep 1964, the Kiran was designed and built by HAL as a basic jet trainer

Arjun Sarup U784

136 2 0 Hindustan Aeronautics HJT-16 Kiran Mk.II

On display at the HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum, Bangalore

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On display at the HAL Heritage Centre and Aerospace Museum, Bangalore

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A wet morning departure for “Chäserrugg” from Rwy 14 at SSRIA

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Aft section on display at the Planes of Fame Air Museum

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Radar flight trials aircraft on static display at Aero India 2023 carrying the name “Virupaksha” on the nose, a reference to the all-seeing Lord Shiva

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