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“The sky is the limit,” is a an old saying which we all know. “The sky is my play ground and the cockpit is my office,” is what the pilots said at the INDIA AVIATION 2010 held in Hyderabad from 3rd march to 7th march. It is a prestigious event which takes place once in every two years and the City of Nawabs has successfully hosted this event for the second time. It is a huge event, an international exhibition on civil aviation where people from all over the globe flew down to the city to exhibit and witness the vast world of Civil Aviation. It was a delight to both, the exhibitors and the visitors, to be a part of such an event.

There were a wide range of aircrafts on display and many global companies which manufacture the aircrafts were present there to explain their work humbly and share their experience with the visitors. There were suppliers of parts, training schools, manufacturers, the Airport Authority of India, The DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation in India) and also were many partners of firms. It was a delight to anyone who has always been fascinated by the skies

Sh. Praful Patel, Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India had inaugurated the event on 3^rd and then the proceedings took place from there on. There were many air shows and a variety of aircrafts were been taken high up into the air and then hovered around the place for a while to enthrall the audience and keep them excited. Unfortunately, two pilots lost their lives in an plane crash during air show by the Indian crew. The aircraft hit a local telecom tower and crashed into a building in the Begumpet area.

There were conferences held during this event in which delegates from various countries and different manufacturing backgrounds took part and shared their knowledge and new innovation in the field of civil aviation and the airline industry. “When all the giants meet at one place to sit and discuss what changes and new implementations they have done with their airlines, the results and the outcomes, there is a chance for the new aspirants to learn more, gain knowledge and improve it, ” said a 3rd year B.tech student  Sri Harshitha from G. Narayanama Institute of Technology and Sciences, who has attended a few of the conferences.

There were exhibitions by top-ranking companies like Bell Helicopters, Rolls Royce, Boeing, etc. They not only exhibited their global standards, but also briefed the visitors on how things work with them individually. Indian based companies were more in number, like Air India, Indigo, Kingfisher Airlines, Spice Jet and others. Apart from the exhibitions, there were a wide range of stalls set up at the event which were by the training schools, manufacturing industries which supply the parts, book houses which have wide range of collection of the all the kinds of books and multimedia which will teach people about aviation.

Tail View of a Flight. Credits : Nocturnal Czar

Fueling an Aircraft. Credits : Nocturnal Czar

Bell Helicopter. Credits : Nocturnal Czar

The students who wanted to seek a career in aviation industry could make the most of this event because it served as a medium of information exchange and had their doubts regarding the industry answered by many intellectuals from the industry. “The stalls set up by HAL and NAL-CSIR especially were knowledge imparting and explained in detail about the various processes they follow. It was so nice to see a set of videos being played, which was very useful, ” says a 3rd year B.tech student Aditya Dudu of Sreenidhi Engineering College.

Internal Parts of an Engine. Credits : Nocturnal Czar

Stalls put up by various Flying Schools. Credits : Nocturnal Czar

Stall by a Manufacturing Company. Credits : Nocturnal Czar

All the aircrafts were kept in plain view to the visitors and everyone was elated to watch them so close and have a better view of the planes which fly around in the sky. There were many varieties of planes put up on the show from single seater aircrafts to double seater and even the huge passenger flights could be seen with ease and one could learn more about their functioning as they were hovering around.

It was hugely successful event. “Though the prices of entry were high… it was worth every penny,” claims Sendil Nagaranjan, a 3rd year B.tech student, from St. Martins College of Engineering. There were visitors pouring in on all the days and it was well-organized and managed so that no problem arose with any issue and security was given highest preference. It is hoped that such events take place in the coming years and enlighten us with the knowledge and exposure we gain from them.. “Flying a 70-tonne aircraft at 3500ft above sea level and my office will be completely equipped with latest electronic gadgets … This is it… I wanna become a PILOT,” said Chaitanya Varma a 3rd year B.Tech student from Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College, on an ending note.