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Option 4 : HJT-16 Kiran
Solution: The correct answer is option 4 i.e. HJT-16 Kiran.
- It was delayed for many years due to technical reasons. It finally took flight in 2019.
- The first flight was conducted in 1964, and production began in 1968.
- It uses the British-sourced Rolls Royce Viper 11 turbojet engine and bears resemblance to the BAC Jet Provost of the British Air Force.
- The Indian government, in 2018, gave six aircraft to Myanmar to train the country's airforce pilots.
- The HAL HJT-36 Sitara began development in 1997 and conducted its first flight in 2003.
- The aircraft uses the Russian NPO Saturn AL-55I engine.
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is headquartered in Bengaluru.
- The HAL HJT-36 Sitara will replace the HJT-16 Kiran aircraft trainer.
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The HJT-16 Kiran was developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
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