Diemert Defender

The Diemert Defender was an emergency fighter project invented by Bob Diemert of Manitoba, Canada. It was designed in the Cold war as a mass produced counterinsurgency aircraft against the possibility of invading Soviet troops. 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 films such as Battle of Britain and was working on restoring a Mitsubishi A6M Zero that was 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 defence aircraft for the RCAF.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Memorable Manitobans: Robert Edward "Bob" Diemert (1938-2024)". www.mhs.mb.ca.
  2. ↑ Axelrod, Gavin (2024-01-19). "Famed Manitoba aviator Bob Diemert remembered as a pioneer who 'never stopped dreaming'". CBC News.
  3. ↑ "Pacific Wrecks - Robert Diemert - Early Warbird Restoration and Japanese Aircraft Recoveries". pacificwrecks.com.