You know, I thought I'd seen something like this before and then remembered...
Ladies and gentlemen... The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender. More info here and here. Remaining example here
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Craniac
10-23-2002
04:39 PM ET (US)
Good call. The wingspan matches. i was hoping for a real giant bird though.
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Eli the Bearded
10-23-2002
02:06 PM ET (US)
This must be that giant bird people keep seeing in Alaska.
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Joe Hughes
10-23-2002
11:18 AM ET (US)
Hey, this is just like the "Leafy Bug" plane that they were fighting over in "I-Spy". (Saw a preview screening the other day; thankfully, I didn't actually pay for it.)