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1 (Kar) Air Sqn NCC, Unit Hq located at Jakkur
Aerodrome, Bengaluru, India. In picture is the flypast over the Unit HQ during a closing ceremony of All India Vayu Sainik Camp.
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746:"Bangalore: HAL of a nightmare for Jakkur flying school"
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369:operated sporadically since then.
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448:is a premier NCC Air Squadron of
408:Government Flying Training School
968:"Incredible 'LITE'ness of being"
875:S., Kushala (24 December 2014).
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912:. 23 June 2014. Archived from
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803:Patil, Ramu (28 April 2015).
554:Patil, Ramu (7 August 2014).
506:List of airports in Karnataka
1027:Airports established in 1948
1022:1948 establishments in India
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560:The New Indian Express
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209:Show map of Karnataka
160:13.07694°N 77.59750°E
690:"Caught in tailspin"
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372:In January 2014, a
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328:located in
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456:) Air Sqn
151:77°35′51″E
148:13°04′37″N
583:3 January
454:Karnataka
442:Karnataka
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374:flyover
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295:Asphalt
269:Length
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121:, India
84:Summary
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396:Runway
390:Mysore
330:Jakkur
288:2,953
285:08/26
111:Jakkur
92:Public
450:India
386:Hubli
378:NH 44
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