Ratan Tata says 'great' after flying F-16 at 69

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He is a licensed pilot. In 2007, he flew Lockheed Martin's F-16 fighter jet. Through this he made a unique achievement. Because then he was 69 years old. He became the first civilian Indian to fly the F-16. Expressing his feelings after coming down, Ratan Tata said, 'It was great.'

I am talking about Ratan Tata. Ratan Tata is one of the world famous industrialists of India. Chairman Emeritus of Tata Group, one of the country's largest industrial conglomerates. He died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, India. He was 86 years old.

Tata Industrial Group is 155 years old. Ratan Tata has led the conglomerate for over two decades. Tata group has more than hundred companies. More than 6 lakh 60 thousand employees. Works in hundreds of countries. The industry group has an annual revenue of more than 10 thousand crore (100 billion) dollars.

In 2007, 69-year-old Ratan Tata sat in the cockpit of a Falcon model F-16 fighter jet in Bangalore. He was in the co-pilot's seat. Pilot Paul Hattendorff was responsible for piloting the aircraft. The maximum speed of the F-16 fighter jet is more than two thousand kilometers per hour.

This Indian industrialist stayed in the sky for about 40 minutes with the F-16 fighter jet. He took control of the fighter in mid-air. He is the oldest Indian to fly a US-built fighter jet.

Ten years after this incident, the Tata Group signed a milestone deal with Lockheed Martin, the US manufacturer of F-16 fighter jets. Under the contract, Ratan Tata opened the way for the manufacture of F-16 fighter jets in India.

 

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