In Pictures: When Ratan Tata scaled Bengaluru skies

An image gallery tracing Ratan Tata’s long association with the Aero India Show in Bengaluru.

Ratan Tata was a frequent visitor at Bengaluru’s biennial Aero India show, which is held at the Air Force Station in Yelahanka. Mr. Tata’s love for aviation is well-known and he had donned the G-suit twice as he flew in two American fighter jets.

Here’s a glimpse of the industrial magnate dominating Bengaluru’s skies during his first flight in 2007 edition of Aero India, when he flew an F-16 of Lockheed Martin, and later in the 2011, when he flew on a Boeing F-18 Super Hornet.