The first flight of Tejas aircraft, took place at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited airport in Bangaluru today. In the 40 minute sortie, the aircraft flew to an attitude of 11 kms and went supersonic, touching 1.1 Mach speed.<br/><br/>For the first time Tejas flew in the configuration that will be finally delivered to the Indian Air Force. <br/><br/>An IAF spokesperson said in New Delhi, the Tejas team is now heading to central India to carry out hot weather trials. He expressed confidence that the aircraft would soon be flown by operational pilots of the Defence services.