Hi list, I am new & need some basic help. I can reply to mail but cannot
send original mail. It gets bounced with the message "it cannot be posted,
it has content type: mulitpart/alternative, and this list accept text only."
What gives??
-----Original Message-----
From: colin . <male367@hotmail.com>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Sunday, May 27, 2001 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Willys FLYING JEEP from WW2 (THE FLEEP)
>
>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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