Hindustan Ardhra Explained

The Hindustan Ardhra ("Green" or "The Moist One" in Sanskrit)^[1] was a sailplane designed in India for pilot training by the government's Civil Aviation Department in the late 1970s as the ATS-1 Ardhra. It was a two-seat aircraft of conventional configuration and wooden construction. The Indian Air Force ordered fifty examples in the early 1980s to be produced by Hindustan Aeronautics and the type was approved for use for flying by cadets.

Operators

• Indian Air Force

Further reading

• Book: Taylor, Michael J.H. . Jane's Encyclopaedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London . 978-0-517-69186-1. 255 .
• Book: Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1985-86. registration. Taylor. John W.R.. Munson. Kenneth. 1985. Jane's Pub.. London. 9780710608215. 76. 746 .

Notes and References

1. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/ardra#:~:text=%C4%80rdr%C4%81%20means%20%E2%80%9Cgreen%E2%80%9D%20or%20%E2%80%9C,Rudra%20(God%20of%20destruction).