Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) is the Indian company which built the first military aircraft constructed in the subcontinent. The German engineer Kurt Tank designed the HF-24 Marut fighter-bomber, the first military aircraft constructed in India. The first prototype flew in 1961; the HF-24 was retired from active service in 1985. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.