Diemert Defender
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[[File:The Diemert Defender.png|thumb|250px|The Diemert Defender under development]] |
[[File:The Diemert Defender.png|thumb|250px|The Diemert Defender under development]] |
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The '''Diemert Defender''' was an [[emergency fighter]] project invented by Bob Diemert of Manitoba.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/diemert_re.shtml|title=Memorable Manitobans: Robert Edward "Bob" Diemert (1938-2024)|website=www.mhs.mb.ca}} It was designed in the Cold war as a mass produced [[Counter-insurgency aircraft|counterinsurgency aircraft]] against the possibility of [[Canada in the Cold War|invading Soviet troops]].{{Cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Gavin |date=2024-01-19 |title=Famed Manitoba aviator Bob Diemert remembered as a pioneer who 'never stopped dreaming' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/famed-aviator-remembered-following-death-1.7087959 |website=CBC News}} The events surrounding the project were [[The Defender (1989 film)|documented in a film]]. |
The '''Diemert Defender''' was an [[emergency fighter]] project invented by Bob Diemert of [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]].{{Cite web|url=https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/diemert_re.shtml|title=Memorable Manitobans: Robert Edward "Bob" Diemert (1938-2024)|website=www.mhs.mb.ca}} It was designed in the Cold war as a mass produced [[Counter-insurgency aircraft|counterinsurgency aircraft]] against the possibility of [[Canada in the Cold War|invading Soviet troops]].{{Cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Gavin |date=2024-01-19 |title=Famed Manitoba aviator Bob Diemert remembered as a pioneer who 'never stopped dreaming' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/famed-aviator-remembered-following-death-1.7087959 |website=CBC News}} The events surrounding the project were [[The Defender (1989 film)|documented in a film]]. |
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==Development== |
==Development== |
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