"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote:
Here is an interesting link
http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/UNITED%20STATES.htm

Impressive set of photos! The B-17 with the single engine turboprop seems
IMHO to really accentuate the B-17's wings. More so than usual, that is.

See especially Curtis 24-B and Curtis-Wright XP-55 Ascender. Did Burt
Rutan know about these?

Well ... they weren't amateur built.