November 25, 2009 10:40 AM

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President Patil to enter record books by flying fighter aircraft

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil is all set to fly into the record books today by becoming the world's first woman president ever to take to the skies in a fighter aircraft. The President, who arrived in Pune yesterday for a three day visit will fly in the Indian Air Force most potent multi-role combat aircraft, the Sukhoi-30 MKI, from the Lohegaon air base today. This is the second time in the last four years that the Lohegaon base will see the commander-in-chief of the Indian armed forces flying in a Su-30 MKI aircraft. On June 8, 2006, then President A P J Abdul Kalam had taken a 30-minute sortie in the Su-30 MKI, an exercise that was positioned as a familiarisation flight as well as an act of motivating youngsters to join the armed forces.<br/>

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