Viper!

The MMRCA fair weather trials began in Bangalore about a month back. Boeing had sent in a Super Hornet initially & one could hear a new kind of jet exhaust over Bangalore skies all of last month. Unfortunately I never managed a sighting, which was sad since I really like the plane.


This was followed last week by Lockheed Martin's F-16IN Super Viper flown in from the UAE. Today while returning from office, I heard the roar of a distinctly non Russian jet engine coming in low & fast from the East. Luckily, the sky was clear & I looked up just in time to make out the silhouette of the Viper. An awesome sight, my 1st ever of an American fighter. It's not as loud as the Russian jets, but sounds menacing none the less.