LCA TEJAS MK-I & MK-IA: News and Discussion

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With the delay in delivery of GE F404 I wonder if HAL is building Mk1A's without engines and storing them. With just one -IN20 engine available, an aircraft could be completed, ground and flight tested and then have its engine removed to be used to complete and test the next frame. It would not take many hours to install engines on the tested frames when they became available.

They stored them last time with FOC delivery.

I remember the photo with 6 near completion jets in the hanger.