This week we interview star helicopter test pilot, Wg Cdr. CD Upadhyay, Vr. C.  Wg. Cdr. Upadhyay saw action flying Mi-8s in support of the army during Op Pawan in Sri Lanka, for which he was awarded a Vr. C.  He was also involved with extensively flight testing the ALH Dhruv, including participating in the first flight.  His profile is here: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/11336 00:00:00 - 00:14:05 Introduction, initial journey into IAF 00:14:05 - 00:18:56 Becoming a test pilot 00:18:56 - 00:30:13 Return to ASTE, test flying 00:30:13 - 00:36:20 IPKF in Sri Lanka 00:36:20 - 00:51:45 Involvement with ALH program 00:51:45 - 01:10:36 First flight of Dhruv