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The HAL HJT-16 Kiran is an Indian two-seater basic/advanced flying and armament trainer aircraft with light attack and counter-insurgency capabilities that entered service in 1968. The HAL HJT-16 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a HAL (Rolls-Royce Bristol Siddeley) Orpheus Bor.2 Mk 701-01 turbojet providing a top speed of 780 kmh and a range of 735 km. The HAL HJT-16 is armed with two 7.62 mm FN MAG machine-guns in the nose and can carry up to 1000 kg of disposable stores on four under-wing hard points each rated at 500 kg.
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The HAL HPT-32 Deepak is an Indian side-by-side two seat primary/basic flying trainer aircraft. It is intended to provide grading and primary instruction after which pupils will switch to the HAL HJT-16 Kiran. The HPT-32 has provision for the inclusion of one or two additional seats at the rear of the cabin and also baggage space to enable it to function in a secondary liaison and communications role. The
HAL HPT-32 is powered by a Textron Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5 flat-six piston engine providing a top speed of 445 kmh and a range of 744 km.
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