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This reminds me of this interview I watched 20 or 30 years ago. It was a guy (Canadian maybe?) who was developing a super cheap powered hang glider (for lack o
by c_o_n_v_e_x 3y ago
This reminds me of this interview I watched 20 or 30 years ago. It was a guy (Canadian maybe?) who was developing a super cheap powered hang glider (for lack of better words) with machine guns on it. The idea was to make something so cheap, you can overwhelm fighter jets.
- numpad0 3y agoWouldn't a horde of that be prone to a preprogrammed airburst shell?
- thanksdrp 3y agoI remember that interview, the guy's name is Bob Diemert and his aircraft was the Defender. The NFB made a documentary: https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2009/07/27/how-to-fighter-airplane-defender-bob-diemert/ https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2009/07/27/how-to-fighter-airplane-... Here's an article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/famed-aviator-remembered-following-death-1.7087959 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/famed-aviator-rememb...