Pika was used to caliibrate the remote control system for jindy. pilot bottom was only inches from the ground & we lost when it had flame out doing a low level fly past fo VIP s Badly injured pilot Flyiing offiicer Clements I think decieded to tame the plane , took it up & aerobats , henry must have had kittens seeing his plane butcherd early models hed Napier Naid jets , later models of Jindy flew with viper engines with annulare combustion chamber being seen as expendble, turns out that viper engine lasted well was used in trainer A/C . i think The macchi. Just a draftsman so what you are getting is office gossip
John Hancocks, e-mail, 15.05.2010 10:41
I'd like them to give credit to Fiesler for the design, the drone had a strong resemblance to the infamous V 1 and that tail fin is a dead give away.
Avsec, e-mail, 29.10.2009 22:43
It certainly was a jet aircraft. Two were built see http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/hangar180/pika.htm for more information.
Dennis, e-mail, 05.05.2009 13:02
It was successful jet drone made at the GAF in Melbourne Australia - please view this address:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jindivik
Lorenzo from Montesilvano(Pe)., e-mail, 22.02.2009 16:00
Was it a jet aircraft?
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