Top 10 things to do

1. Be half an hour early at the Air Display Viewing Area (ADVA) inside Yelahanka IAF campus to see combat aircraft of different kinds in breathtaking
displays.

2. Watch out for the SU-30 fighter aircraft which will perform the cobra manouvre. SU-30 is said to be the only aircraft with this ability

3. Watch India’s indigenous combat fighter Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas in action. It has not had a single crash in over 2,800 test flights

4. Don’t miss the aerobatics teams and their breathtaking performances - this time five teams will showcase their skills. Two are from the US, one from Scandinavia.

5. India may buy the French Rafale aircraft. See what it can do when the pilots fly it over the airbase.

6. Don’t miss the chance to fly in a simulator. There will at least be four simulators which resemble the actual cockpit of a fighter aircraft.

7. Don’t miss viewing static displays of various aircrafts foreign and Indian. You may get the chance to sit in one of them

8. Viewing the huge engines that power an aircraft is a must. Check out how massive the engines are on civil and military aircraft.

9. Try and interact with pilots flying fighter jets to heavy lift transport aircraft, helicopters to business jets.

10. Don’t forget the drones. Drones will kill terrorists as well as bring you a pizza. Your life will very soon be controlled by these unmanned aerial vehicles.