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Hafner Rotabuggy
The rotabuggy in flight
Role military rotor kite
National origin UK
Manufacturer R Malcolm Ltd
Designer Raoul Hafner
First flight 1943
Produced 1

The Hafner Rotabuggy (formally known as the Malcolm Rotaplane[1] and as the "M.L. 10/42 Flying Jeep"[2]) was a British experimental aircraft that was essentially a Willys MB combined with a rotor kite, developed with the intention of producing a way of air-dropping off-road vehicles.

  1. ^ Charnov, Bruce. Autogiro to Gyroplane: 1923–2003. Hofstra University (as posted on the Groen Brothers Aviation web site). Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.
  2. ^ Flight 1954 p821

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