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- From: Robert G Halvorson <norml@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Subject: Hemp Aircraft Proposed
- Message-ID: <1993Jul16.195452.25668@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 19:54:52 GMT
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- ---------- Forwarded message ----------
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 93 17:20 GMT
- From: "Gerald X. Diamond" <0003281350@mcimail.com>
- To: "Wayne Smith, Gerri Dawson, Kevin Keyes etc" <norml@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Subject: Suggestion for dissemination over INTERNET to your list of NORML
-
- Gerald X. Diamond 535 13th Av.E.No.106 Seattle WA 98102
- Tel:206-324-3523 MCI-Mail 328-1350 July 13, 1993
-
- Seattle Entrepreneur Seeks:
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- FUNDING FOR HEMP AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
- ===============================================
- Ted Pong of Seattle has offered to build an airplane from cannabis fiber
- and to fly it himself at public events such as air shows. This will
- demonstrate graphically the usefulness and strength of hemp fiber. The
- engine will be fueled by alcohol derived from hemp stalks.
-
- The idea is not original. Fifty years ago, Howard Hughes launched the
- widespread commercial use of plywood when he built his "Spruce Goose", a
- remarkably airworthy 8-engined airplane. During World War II, the Japanese
- "Zero" fighter did the same: it was built largely of bamboo and high-
- strength natural fabric. The lightweight plane easily outmaneuvered many
- heavier, faster all-metal aircraft.
-
- Pong estimates that a high-performance airplane can be built mainly from
- resin-bonded hemp fiber board and structural members for under $100,000.
- He is seeking comments from the hemp community on this proposal.
-
- Interested? Please reply to: Gerald X. Diamond at MCI-Mail 328-1350,
- or by snailmail to the address above.
-