My Daddy made this!

Yes, thats what I felt like proclaiming again and again to all those who would listen during the recently concluded Aero Show. It is ironic that I grew up listening to aircraft engines being tested and seeing practice fighter planes but never got a chance to come to the Aero Show all these years. In fact, since our office is close to the airport, while many of my colleagues complain of the noise of aircraft, I secretly get annoyed at them as well as feel happy to be near the sights and sounds of my childhood. So, when I learnt that Dad could afford to get me a pass this time, I grabbed the opportunity to go to the show with both hands! It was a brilliant experience watching the typhoon, Boeing, MIG, SU-30 and Dhruv (sorry, couldnt manage more names-I am not good at this). It was indeed astonishing to watch the mid-air acrobatics and definitely, hats off to the Sarang team! But it really was a proud moment for a daughter to see the SU-30 soar and proclaim to family and friends that ,"Hey, my dad made this! He was involved in the setup of the factory for manufacturing the engines, he was involved in the engine manufacture as well and now, he is involved in the aircraft manufacturing"- he has tried and is nearly succeeding at achieving a seemingly impossible deadline for manufacture and delivery even though he got the opportunity to take over quite late last year. I am very happy that I at last got an opportunity to brag about my dad's work as well. My little one was apprehensive at first to see the planes but he started enjoying himself soon. In fact, on our return home, he has been asking for a fan to be fitted on top of the plane he has for it to double-up as a copter. We went and asked Dad for a "test-drive" of Dhruv!:) Come on, car and bike shows have it, so, why not airplanes?;) Dad of course didn't oblige but atleast helped us get a photo-op in a stationary copter-that was also good. Though the AeroShow trip was tiresome for the little one, we certainly hope to come back and next time, we both will know all the planes by name!