David...The one you refer to is the same as the australian version..but
developed and flown independant of the british. The australian version had
quick release plywood panels to form the flying shape, that were spose to
have been able to have been removed quickly on landing ...Our version was
abandoned too...and I don't think any of the fleep survived.
There is a willys site that has a pic too...
http://www.internau.psi.br/willys/curiosidades.htm
regards colin (australia)
>From: David <jeepers@online.no>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] Willys FLYING JEEP from WW2 (THE FLEEP)
>Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 21:21:24 +0200
>
>aussierob wrote:
>
> > Hello listers.
> > I just received a large email file of 530Kbytes per page. It show some
>pics
> > and tell the story of a flying jeep design and its contruction in
>Australia
> > during 1943 ...........
>
>Rob,
>There is a mock-up of this vehicle (or one very similar) in the Museum of
>Army
>Flying at Middle Wallop in Wiltshire, UK. I saw it only a few weeks ago
>when in
>England on holiday. I took a photo which I cld e-mail if you are
>interested,
>and also made the following notes from the sign in the Museum:
>The 'Hafner Rotabuggy'. Designed 1943 by Raoul Hafner. A 44ft diameter
>rotor.The idea as to tow behind a bomber aircraft. The prototype flew
>behind a
>Whitley bomber but problems were experienced. There were runway tests from
>November 1943 until August 1944, but the 'aircraft' actually only flew one
>complete circuit on the 11th September 1944. The project was abandoned. The
>replica or reconstruction in the Museum was made in 1981.
>- I haven't checked by if the Museum of Army Flying has a website - maybe
>this
>wld also have some info on the vehicle.
>Hope this has been of interest. As for myself I have a GPW and while it
>does
>fly for a few seconds I much prefer it to stay on the ground where it
>belongs.
>Regards,
>David Hammond in Oslo, Norway.
>
>
>
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