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The Diemert Defender was an emergency fighter project invented by Bob Diemert of Manitoba. It was designed in the Cold war as a mass produced counterinsurgency aircraft against the possibility of invading Soviet troops. It was later documented into a film.
The Diemert Defender was an emergency fighter project invented by Bob Diemert of Manitoba. It was designed in the Cold war as a mass produced counterinsurgency aircraft against the possibility of invading Soviet troops. It was later documented into a film.
Development
The aircraft was designed by stunt pilot and WW2 warbird restorer Bob Diemert who previously worked on movies such as The Battle of Britain and was working on restoring Mitsubishi A6M Zero that were salvaged from the jungles of the south pacific. During the 1980s, he designed his own aircraft which could be mass produced and a cost effective point defense aircraft for theRCAF
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; ) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canad ...
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See also
*Dive bomber
A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact througho ...
*Gunship
A gunship is a military aircraft armed with heavy aircraft guns, primarily intended for attacking ground targets either as airstrike or as close air support.
In modern usage the term "gunship" refers to fixed-wing aircraft having laterally-mo ...
*Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance
The Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) or Light Air Support (LAS) program was a United States Air Force program for a new light counter-insurgency, ground attack and reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft should be capable of finding, trackin ...
(LAAR) Program
References
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