Hafner Rotabuggy flying jeep - photos

The Hafner Rotabuggy was an experimental aircraft developed by the British during WWII as a way to airdrop light vehicles to the battlefield. It was essentially a Willys MB fitted with a rotor kite.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...989#post125173
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...865#post163966
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...444#post146863
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...340#post181308
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...866#post171352
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...016#post160570

It looks like an autogyro. I don't see what propels it forward. I guess it may have been towed by another aircraft.

I think it would be pushed out of a plane...

Yes I think you are right.

According to wiki it was tested being towed behind a Bentley and had undergone several low level drop tests prior to that finally it was as you said pushed out of a plane.
By the time is was considered ready for service other developments had made it obsolete
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafner_Rotabuggy