Planned as a 150-Aerobat competitor.
Nope. Design work started in 1955, before there was a 150, much less a 150 Aerobat. In fact, they went out of production two years after the Aerobat started rolling off the lines.
But think how many heads you'd turn at the airport diner when you casually yelled at the top of your lungs "Did the line boy fuel my MESSERSCHMITT yet . . ?"
And think of how fast you would make some new friends if you painted the thing camouflage -- especially with the new unrest in Biafra! And don't even THINK the word "SNEB" when you're around the thing.
. . .is that Warren Zevon music I hear in the background . . ?
