HINDUSTAN HT-2 (AXB787)

On display at IAF Museum Palam. This HT-2 of Training Command appears to have undergone restoration, judging from the fresh trainer yellow markings and neatly painted serial number. The HT-2 ab-initio trainer first flew on 05 Aug 51 in the hands of HAL CTP Capt. Jimmy Munshi. Inducted in the IAF in 1955, it would replace the Tiger Moth and Prentice as the basic trainer. Thousands of IAF, IN and Indian Army pilots received their basic flying training on the HT-2 till it was phased out in 1989.