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DAKOTA DC3<br />
VP 905 Parashurama<br />
A GIFT OF HERTITAGE TO THE<br />
INDIAN AIR FORCE<br />
On 13 February 2018 Rajeev<br />
Chandrasekhar gifted a Dakota<br />
DC 3 aircraft to the Indian Air<br />
Force on behalf of his father Air<br />
Commodore M K Chandrasekhar,<br />
VM, VSM (Retd). It was indeed a<br />
historic day for the IAF and the<br />
Nation.<br />
The signing of the gift deed took place at a<br />
ceremony at New Delhi with Air Chief Marshal B<br />
S Dhanoa, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC in the<br />
presence of many veterans and their families who<br />
had flown the Dakota while in service and had<br />
travelled from across the country to be a part of<br />
this momentous occasion.<br />
In 2011 Rajeev bought the Dakota and over a<br />
period of six years restored it to full fly worthy<br />
condition. He wrote to the Government in 2011<br />
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