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<font size=3>At 08:10 PM 9/5/03 -0400, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>So I infer that the name
"Jeep" for an airplane was originated by Chester as<br>
a tribute to the Popeye character introduced in early 1936--Eugene the
Jeep.</blockquote><br>
Sam is indeed correct that Chester named his airplanes after Popeye
characters--this is mentioned, for example, at<br><br>
<a href="http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/racers/goon/info/info.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/racers/goon/info/info.htm</a><br><br>
There is a history of the Jeep character at
<a href="http://members.tripod.com/HoboJeepers/eugene.htm" eudora="autourl">http://members.tripod.com/HoboJeepers/eugene.htm</a>
but it doesn't mention any connection with the vehicle.<br><br>
Geoff</font><br>
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