Question
Group Captain K.K. Venugopal (Retd) of HAL became the first Indian test pilot to be elected as a Fellow of which international organization?
Solution
K.K. Venugopal became the first Indian test pilot to be elected as a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), USA. The recognition honours his contributions to experimental flight testing and India’s indigenous defence aviation programmes. He received the Vayu Sena Medal in 2004 for safely handling post-takeoff technical failures.
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