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Diemert Defender
Counter-insurgency aircraft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Diemert Defender was an emergency fighter project invented by Bob Diemert of Manitoba.[1] It was designed in the Cold war as a mass produced counterinsurgency aircraft against the possibility of invading Soviet troops.[2] The events surrounding the project were documented in a film.

Development
The aircraft was designed by stunt pilot and WW2 warbird restorer Bob Diemert who previously worked on movies such as Battle of Britain and was working on restoring a Mitsubishi A6M Zero that was salvaged from the jungles of the South Pacific.[3] During the 1980s, he designed his own aircraft which could be mass produced and a cost effective point defense aircraft for the RCAF.
See also
- Dive bomber
- Gunship
- Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) Program
References
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