Kelly Johnson, Artem Mikoyan, Marcel Dassault. Who does not recognize the names of these great aeronautical engineers who designed and developed some of the finest fighter aircraft of the second half of the twentieth century? Ovadya Harari belongs right there with them. He had the talent and the genius to manage the development in Israel of what was the most advanced fighter aircraft in its day - the Lavi. But...
The Lavi, a dream aborted in mid-flight
Israel Aircraft Industries and the Israeli economy missed a great opportunity. If not for the aborted Lavi project, IAI could have become a large Israeli industry, competing with the best and greatest aeronautical industries, producing the world's finest aircraft.
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