NAL Hansa


The NAL Hansa is an Indian all-composite low wing tricycle gear two-seater general aviation monoplane for flight training as well as personal flying.

Design and development

The Hansa was designed by the National Aerospace Laboratories of India under the NAL-Light Aircraft Project. Three designs were produced and the second-design was built as a prototype which first flew on 23 November 1993. The second prototype was based on the third design and this was the design selected for production. A pre-production aircraft was also built.
The Hansa received a provisional type certificate from the DGCA in December 1998 and a full certificate in December 1998.
The production of Hansa-NG will start in 2022-23.

Operational history

The production variant was built by Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited with the first flight on 14 May 1999. Sixteen production aircraft have been built and delivered to various flying clubs, with NAL maintaining three.

Variants

;Hansa-2
;Hansa-2RE
;Hansa-3
;Hansa-S
;Hansa UAV
;Hansa-NG

Specifications (HANSA-3)