An ambition that was...

I had always dreamt of being a fighter pilot. The very thought of flying such a sophisticated machine, executing barrel-rolls and flying at supersonic speed used to keep me hooked onto Discovery channel and other sources where I could actually get to see these magnificent birds of prey. I have also been collecting pictures, models and videos of fighter planes from across the world. I even attended an aerospace quiz in school and won a prize... Somehow, I always felt that flying was the only thing that I was ever going to do in my life...

Well, things are oh so different now. There were so many factors that made me move away from the job of my dreams, join a engineering college, and become a techie typing away at the console. The closest I have ever gotten to these metal birds is in the Aero India shows that I have attended each year that it has been held here in Bangalore. I thought I'll post some pics of those beautiful machines here... I still look up at the sky when I hear a fighter plane roaring by.
Sometimes, it feels so sad, that the only thing that I ever wanted to be, so passionately, has just remained a dream. More so when I recollect the times in the past, when I have run back home from school, just to catch the program Wings on Discovery at 4 p.m. There was also a time when I had a cut my toe badly, and it was heavily bandaged, but I so badly wanted to go to Aero India, that despite the pain and discomfort I did end up going there. Such was the strength it would induce in me.

But like we learn so many times in life, you have to forget the past and move on... Anyways, I am enjoying my current job, fiddling with system software, doing the job of linkers and loaders, and working on a fantastic piece of software, that is Purify!! ;-)

But still, there is just a small particle of fantasy that says, someday, I just might get into the machine of my dreams...


A Mirage-2005 takes off from Yelahanka AFB


An F-14 Phantom executing a 90 degree roll close to an aircraft carrier deck



A formation of the Surya Kiran aerobatic team