I was watching a small airplane doing touch and go at the Glendale Municipal Airport today, and it was obviously not your average small plane. It was a little too far away for me to get any useful pictures, but I will attempt to describe it.

• low wing
  
• tapered wings, the trailing edge tapered forward
  
• square edged vertical stabilizer that slanted back
  
• retractable tricycle landing gear
  
• long and sleek looking
  
• single or two side-by-side seating (small canopy, no side windows)
  
• the fuselage continued straight back from the top of the canopy.
  

It was the sound that first caught my attention. It had a loud, unique exhaust note, almost like a WWII fighter but it was not a radial and looked thoroughly modern.
The pilot was really throwing it around. As soon as he climbed out, he would roll hard into a turn, almost 90^o roll, and keep on gaining altitude. A couple of times, when he completed the turn, he would open the throttle and you could really hear it.

Any guesses as to what it was?

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Extra 300 fits everything there

quote Originally posted by MidEngineManiac: Extra 300 fits everything there

I just looked up the Extra 300 and all I could find were taildraggers.
This plane was much more slender with a much smaller canopy, retractable tricycle gear and both the leading and trailing edges of the vertical stabilizer slant back.
Picture a Piper M500, but much skinnier and smaller, with a recip powerplant.

[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 05-13-2019).]

You DO have one registered "close enough" to you. Dont mean much with the range, but there is at least one parked "in the neighborhood"

https://registry.faa.gov/ai...spx?NNumbertxt=230AP

In this video, you can hear why it got my attention in a place where the skies are usually filled with much more "average" general aviation stuff.



Like a fighter in sheep's clothing, it had a relatively unremarkable white with blue paintjob.

[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 05-13-2019).]

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