Indian Sarang Display Helicopters Return Home

The Indian Air Force 'Sarang' helicopter display team of five ALH Dhruv helicopters displayed first at ILA and then at the Farnborough Air Show and reported on in the earlier post are on their way back to India courtesy of two An-124-100 flights.

An-124 at StanstedThe Dhruv helicopters are indigenous to India and were undertaking a 65 day tour in which they make 25 displays and were judged 'Best Looking Close Formation Team' at the ILA exhibition. (not sure if that was the display or the pilots! Ed.)

Picking up their loads in Farnborough and then dropping in to Stansted for a long runway allowing for max fuel one of the aircraft is pictured here on the evening of 23rd July.
Credit to Flightboy at the JustFlight forum for the image.

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