On Aug 13, 1:15*pm, vontresc wrote:

Wow that is one ugly airplane.....

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contri...avidJ/7500.htm


Good catch! I did a few searches before giving up.

Does anybody else think that the fuselage and vertical fin (what we
can see of them) looks a lot like LK-10A/TG-4 truncated at the front
cockpit? The wing is obviously in the wrong location for an LK
fuselage, but that could easily be a modification.

Say what you want about the aesthetics, but the retractable cowl
cheeks and pivoting engine are a pretty nifty solution to the problems
of engine-off cooling drag and prop drag.

Thanks, Bob K.