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  • The inventor of the M29 Weasel also came up with the ice aircraft carrier

    I was reading about Project Habakkuk and was surprised to find out that Geoffrey Pyke, was also the inventor of the M29 Weasel!



    Pretty cool so to speak idea. The guys on Mythbusters checked out the idea.

    Dan White
    64 R1 GT
    64 R2 GT
    58 C Cab
    57 Broadmoor (Marvin)

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    Neat story !

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      There was a really great series of articles in Turning Wheels about 35 years ago about the need for a snow machine, the development of the Weasel, Geoffrey Pyke, etc. Great reading, and very well researched/written. I believe the author's name was MacDonald (sp?).
      Paul
      Winston-Salem, NC
      Visit The Studebaker Skytop Registry website at: www.studebakerskytop.com

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        Geoffrey Pyke did not "invent" the Weasel. He invented the need for such a thing, by promoting the idea for a winter invasion of Norway. Pyke's original notion was for an Archimedes Screw vehicle, which proved to be somewhat less than stellar. Pyke was a genius in his own right, but the Weasel was pretty much "invented" in-house by Studebaker engineers.
        Gord Richmond, within Weasel range of the Alberta Badlands

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