| HAL HT-2 BX-748 is displayed in IAF colors at the NAM. The aircraft was previously on display outisde the Main gate of Jallahalli AF Station in Bangalore. |
After the procurement of the Sealands and the Firefly aircraft, a need was felt by the navy to start its own Ab-Initio Pilot Training, which till that point of time was being done by the IAF. Towards this goal, the Navy procured three HT-2 primary trainers from HAL, these (IN 121-123) being ferried to the FRU at Cochin in October 1956.
The FRU was re-commissioned as Indian Naval Air Squadron (INAS) 550 on 17 June 1959. The Navy had meanwhile acquired a Jet Flight by procuring three HAL-built Vampire FB Mk 52s and a single Vampire T Mk 55 in September 1957.
| HAL HT-2 BX-748 is displayed in IAF colors at the NAM. The aircraft was previously on display outisde the Main gate of Jallahalli AF Station in Bangalore. |  |
For the NAM’s Portfolio, as none of the original Navy’s HT-2s exist they procured a HT-2 which was preserved with the IAF. HT-2 BX-748 was previously on display on the roundabout just outside the entrance to Jallahali Air Force Station near Bangalore, which houses the AFTC.
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BX-748 restoration looks very good – especially the propeller and spinner. |
The aircraft was moved from the roundabout to the Museum around the end of 2002. It is displayed in IAF colors at NAM.
