Production delays I believe, caused by bungling at HAL. So the iaf imported
sukhoi su7s in a hurry.
The aircraft was also tough as hell but underpowered, so rapidly became
obsolete without further development, especially as tank had moved on
On 25 August 2014 9:33:19 am Jahnavi Phalkey <[email protected]> wrote:
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:
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>> > Indeed, Suresh. A Kurt Tank design but even more than that, the
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>Is there a fellow military aviation enthusiast in our midst? Double
>welcome if so.
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>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?)
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>Kishore Bhargava's father Kapil Bhargava was one of the test pilots who
>flew the HF 24
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>Here is one story by Kapil Bhargava
>http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1950s/Kapil-Glider.html
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>Cancelling this aircraft program was one of the worst mistakes made by
>India's aviation planners - a mistake that India has still not recovered
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