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Small doesn’t mean weak: The fighter Britain underestimated
The Folland Gnat began as William “Teddy” Petter’s answer to postwar austerity: a small, affordable fighter for countries ...
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The gnat became India’s sabre slayer - then evolved into Ajeet
The tiny Folland Gnat became famous in Indian service after duels with Pakistani Sabres in 1965 and 1971, including the Boyra ...
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195 built: How India turned Britain’s tiny Gnat into a fighter
The Folland Gnat solved the Midge’s biggest weakness by pairing Petter’s tiny airframe with Stanley Hooker’s lightweight ...
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Seven sabres claimed: Tiny gnat became India’s sabre slayer
The Folland Gnat began as W.E.W. Petter’s compact fighter idea and became an RAF trainer, but India turned it into a combat ...
Teddy Petter designed the Folland Gnat as a cheap, lightweight alternative to increasingly heavy and complicated fighters. Its Midge predecessor reached 604 mph with only 1,600 pounds of thrust, ...
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