The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.

This one is from the mid-1990s. Not a homebuilt, but a so-called technology demonstrator.
Photo is somewhat hazy, but have clearer ones, if needed
 

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hi giruXX:very_drunk:

That is her! She was designed by Global Aircraft Corporation in co-operation with Mr. Mike Smith of Smith Aircraft Co and first flown 2/1995. Trials were carried out with help from the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Accommodation for 4, but during test programme flown as 3-seater. 160hp Lycoming O-320 engine, u/c built from parts/components from a Grumman Cougar, Piper Comanche and Piper Arrow. Largely composite construction. Though u/c was retractable it remained locked during the trials. Roughly the size of a Cherokee Six.
Original registration N941GA as Global GT3. After she was retired the aircraft (w/o engine) was acquired by Travis Ward and re-registered as N702TK Travel Air and received an O-320 again.

Your turn, sir
 
Actually I did post an L.H.41 - some 11 years ago ! It was, however, the posh later version , much cleaned-up.

It ran for quite a while - nobody guessed it - wouldn't happen these days !
 

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You got it Mike! :very_drunk:

There was another version that seemed to have a cabin area. It appears to have small windows on the sides anyways.
 

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Thank you, Kevin. Staying with the racing theme, here's something that was, perhaps, more elegant than successful.



And similarly, I don't believe that this has appeared here before (which probably will prove to be a cue for lefty to tell me that he used in the last century!).
 
Indeed it is - and I must be using the same search engine as Kevin. Either that, or this forum's posts don't show up when using the mainstream search engines. Maybe I should just stick with obscure French homebuilt aeroplanes! :banghead:
 
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