The CVV-4 Pellicano (English: Pelican) was a single seat Italian glider designed for a competition to select an aircraft for the 1940 Olympic Games.
[1] The Pellicano was designed by the Centro Studi ed Ezperienze per il Volo a Vela (CVV) of the Politecnico di Milano, who had a tradition of glider development.
The narrow chord fixed rear surfaces were ply covered with the tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage and forward of the fin.
The pilot sat ahead of the leading edge of the wing under a multi-piece canopy with a rather upright windscreen and which merged into the upper fuselage aft.
[2] It was not successful as the German DFS Olympia Meise was chosen for the Olympic event and, though this did not take place, went into post-World War II production in several European countries.