I have looked at the German-Argentianian side of the story and the Bangalore side of the story. I do not know why the plane was eventually decomissioned. Is there anyone who might?
On Sunday, August 24, 2014 10:09 PM, SS <[email protected]> wrote: > > >On Sun, 2014-08-24 at 15:20 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > >> On 24 August 2014 1:22:45 pm Jahnavi Phalkey >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Indeed, Suresh. A Kurt Tank design but even more than that, the >> history of >> > its making is incredibly interesting. > >Is there a fellow military aviation enthusiast in our midst? Double >welcome if so. > >I was fortunate to get the entire official history of this aircraft in a >book - the last copy that was available. But there is much on the net. A >remore connection with a precursor of SilkList - that is the BBS CiX - >which was started by the late Atul Chitnis in Bangalore. In Delhi at >that time another BBS was run by Kishore Bhargava, a friend of Chitnis >(and possibly Udhay?) > >Kishore Bhargava's father Kapil Bhargava was one of the test pilots who >flew the HF 24 > >Here is one story by Kapil Bhargava >http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1950s/Kapil-Glider.html > >Cancelling this aircraft program was one of the worst mistakes made by >India's aviation planners - a mistake that India has still not recovered >from > >shiv > > > > > > > > > >
