This is about the rare, little-known Gruse BO-15/1 "People's Aircraft" (Volksflugzeug) of 1933 that was to be produced in mass quantities for the German people as recreational aircraft that were in reach of avg. German citizens much like the Volkswagen would be as the "People's Car". However, it didn't work out that way for either. The Gruse Bo-15/1 was rejected by the NSFK and the Luftwaffe also had no interest in it b/c they trained the HJ with the SG-38 glider. By 1935 all of German life was to be militarized and therefore the Gruse had no part of a miltiary future. The Volkswagen also was a myth as a "People's Car"; in fact only around 400 private German citizens got that vehicle by 1939-40. The rest were shifted over to military production as the Kubelwagen und Schwimmwagen. All civilian VWs were issued to Nazi and Govt. Officials- some German Generals aslo traveled on the fronts in them- the rough terrain versions...

Gruse BO-15/1: http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p456/Sundland/grusebo15-1photo.jpg?t=1240873959 The Gruse BO 15/1, an attempt to create a "People's Aircraft" (Volksflugzeug). It was built by the August Gruse Maschinenfabrik and had a Köller M3 18hp engine driving a pusher propeller. It was a single seater with an operational weight of 306 kg and a 108 kg empty weight. There was only one built, registration D-YOYF, and that it was flown by Ernst Udet