VP905 flip book

expressing his desire to gift the restored DC 3 to preserve a slice of Indian aviation
and IAF history, but they turned it down. However, in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and the then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar gave a green signal and agreed
to add DC 3 Dakota painted in the IAF colours to be part of its Vintage Flight.
For Rajeev, the Dakota revives memories of his father Air Commodore M K
Chandrasekhar who commanded a
Dakota squadron. He remembers
often standing on the periphery of
the Mohanbari runway, watching
his father climb into a Dakota in his
overalls and take off.
after the Eternal warrior saint- the 6 th avatar of Lord Vishnu.
Rajeev has dedicated the Dakota aircraft VP
905 Parashurama all Air Warriors and their
families who served and flew Dakotas in
various IAF operations in remotest parts of
India from 1947-1971. He believes the
Dakota is a symbol of pride of the Indian Air
Force and its story will surely inspire the future
generations.
VP 905 Parashurama embarked on its
journey home to India on 17 April 2018 from
Coventry, UK and landed at Air Force Station
Hindan, UP after a 9-day ferry across 8
countries on 26 April 2018.
With the induction of VP 905 Parashurama
into the Vintage Flight of the IAF on 04 th of
May 2018 at the Air Force Station Hindan,
Uttar Pradesh, the Dakota will once again
find its place of pride in the glorious IAF heritage.
The Dakota bears Tail No VP 905
to commemorate the first Dakota
aircraft that landed in Srinagar with
troops of 1 Sikh Regt in the 1947
Jammu & Kashmir Operations. It
has been named Parashurama
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