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Featured aviation articles cover a range of recent developments, news, technological innovation and government policy.

Career as a Flight Steward/Cabin Crew

Anil Goyal

A job that takes you across the globe while supporting, caring for, and ensuring the safety of passengers on board aircraft. Does that inspire you? As a Flight steward or Cabin Crew, traveling becomes more than your part of the job, it becomes your lifestyle. The most surprising thing is that you don’t need higher education in this field to become one. You just need to complete your secondary education with any stream. The most important criterion in this industry is your personal appearance.

Scuba Diving or Fighter Flying, which is more Adventurous?

Anil Goyal

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving where the diver uses a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba), which is completely independent of surface supply, to breathe underwater. Scuba diving may be done recreationally or professionally in a number of applications, including scientific, military and public safety roles. In this article, I bring out similarities with flying.

The Sabji Courier

Anil Goyal

During the summer, one of the key tasks of the Indian Army is to stock up its high-altitude border posts with tents, clothing, food, ammunition and fuel for the harsh winter ahead. The heavy stocks are moved by roads while essential and high-value assets are mobilised by air. This is the just first step. Subsequently, all supplies are moved to forward bases through tough terrain with the help of locals, mules or aircraft. A soldier at these outposts is fighting three elements – the enemy, the weather and his own health. The cost of keeping each soldier at those altitudes, equipping him, feeding him and providing him with wherewith all for fighting is humongous and require Herculean effort. The story highlights the human side of the problem.

The Unknown Sikh Soldier in the Kargil War

Anil Goyal

 ..in the Kargil war I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was the 23rd May 1999, the Kargil conflict was ongoing. My crew and I were in Awantipur to pick up 24 casualties (20 sitting & 4 on stretchers) the casualties were seriously wounded. The age of the passengers ranged between 19-27 years. Some had deep bullet wounds, where the bullet had gone through, but he still had his legs and could sit, stand, walk, and wasn’t on a stretcher. The men who were on a stretcher were the badly…