>From what I learned, Sidley was developing an engine for the European market >that the Indians were going to buy for the Marut. For some reason the project >was shelved before a credible prototype was developed and the Indians could >not pay for the development part of the process as a result of which they >ended up settling for an older model that was not to full design capacity. >That might explain why it was underpowered and certainly so by around 1985 >when it was decommissioned.
On Monday, August 25, 2014 10:42 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > > >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: >> >> >> > >> > >> >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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >
