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Handing Over of 4m x 8m AutoclaveThe autoclave shell on its way from BHEL,Trichy to Bangalore in 1998.NAL delivered the mammoth4m x 8m autoclave to HAL on12 April 2002. T S Prahlad,Director, NAL, delivered it toN R Mohanty, Chairman, HAL.Although the project in whichBHEL, Trichy was the principalsubcontractor, was considerablydelayed, the autoclave is truly anengineering marvel.The autoclave at the Composite Shop,ARDC, HAL.147
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IndexNAL in 1960-------------------
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NAL in 1960National Aeronautical La
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Building a CampusaWork started quic
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The UNS storyaIn 1959, CSIR approac
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International SeminaraNAL organised
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Wind PoweraWind power was an import
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Creating the CoreaShortly after mov
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Nilakantan Passes AwayP Nilakantan,
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Mounting activityabcWork on the win
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Distinguished VisitorsaA striking f
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The Coming of S R ValluriOn 23 Nove
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Spreading the WingsaNAL’s activit
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irst BlowdownaAfter three exhilarat
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LimelightaIn the late 1960’s it w
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Early Technology oraysaIn the late
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Experimental acilitiesThe early yea
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Ushering in the 1970’sAs NAL ente
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Digital SystemsA very striking feat
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Intellectual ermentIt would appear
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J R D TataJ R D Tata stepped down a
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ailure AnalysisIn the early 1970’
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SLV-3 testingaISRO first became a f
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Steady Stream of GuestsaThe statist
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10,000 blowdowns of 1 ft tunnelEven
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Vibration TestingaThe fields of act
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Growing Ties with IAaIn the second
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New orays in Aerospace Electronicsa
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Two Air CrashesaThe fatal accident
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Raja Ramanna’s visitaRaja Ramanna
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CSIR’s Directors’ Conference Ag
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Powder MetallurgyaAn outstanding NA
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“A beautiful bride, all decked up
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Engineering WorkshopsNAL’s worksh
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Satish DhawanIn 1980, following the
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Power from Sludge GasA time-expired
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G S Sidhu’s VisitShortly after ta
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AVRAAn early AVRA prototypedevelope
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10,000 blowdowns at 4 ft tunnelThe
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A ull-fledged Computer CentreShivra
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The Belur CampusA first day cover i
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Getting Ready for the LCAP V Narasi
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Acoustic Test acilityThe ATF buildi
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The Kanishka InvestigationV Ramacha
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Visit of the Abid Hussain Committee
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Think CompositesBy the mid-1980’s
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The light of the Light CanardDamani
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The ocus on light Mechanics and Con
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1988 oundation Day unctionStarting
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Inauguration of 0.6 m x 0.6 m Trans
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C-MMACSBy the late 1980’s, ascomp
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Joy and Sorrow in ManikaranIndia’
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The Thrust on Civil AviationAs NAL
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1000 BlowdownsThe Acoustic Testacil
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CSIR Golden Jubilee ConferenceThe C
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The Jewel in the CrownA fully capti
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Breakthrough at losolver LabThe los
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NAL is still NAL1960 (?)1975 (?)On
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Narasimha RetiresThe farewell funct
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K N Raju Takes Over As DirectorK N
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Black Box Readout SystemsWreckage o
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3m x 7m Autoclave InauguratedThe Co
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Page 250: Karnataka Rajyothsava unctionsKarna
Page 254: Shake Test acilityNAL’s Director
Page 258: “The LCA Now Has Its Wings!”In
Page 262: HANSA lies AgainOne of T S Prahlad
Page 266: The SARAS SynergyBy 1997, the troub
Page 270: “Nilakantan Wind Tunnel Centre”
Page 274: At Your ServiceA large number of
Page 278: HANSA VT-XBL Takes OffThe second pr
Page 282: Networked NALIn 1996, NAL’s netwo
Page 286: SARAS Project ClearedOn 22 June 199
Page 290: Databases and Information Systems
Page 294: Other Highlights in 2000 and 200114
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