Waco Aristocraft

[1] It had an unusual configuration with an engine mounted at the front driving a pusher propeller at the rear.

[1] The prototype first flew in March 1947 powered by a 215 hp (160 kW) Franklin 6AL piston engine mounted at the front with a shaft driven pusher propeller at the rear.

[1] Of all-metal construction it was a high-wing monoplane with twin fins and rudders, It had a partially retractable tricycle landing gear.

[1] The company had orders for 300 aircraft but decided that the type would need costly development in a shrinking market and only the prototype was completed.

[1] Waco sold the design rights and in the 1960s efforts were made to market the type for home-construction.