__NOTOC__ The Colani Cormoran CCE208 was a five-seat light aircraft under development in

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in the late 1980s. The highly streamlined and unusual design was the work of the aeronautical engineer Walter Schulze with the collaboration of the celebrated industrial designer

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. A particularly unorthodox feature was the

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mounted behind the top of the

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. Power was to be supplied by a converted Porsche automobile engine rated at 245 horsepower. The airframe was to be largely

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. A mockup was displayed at the

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in 1987. Construction of the prototype aircraft was to have been undertaken by the Composite Engineering Company in Germany, with financial backing from Tohshin of Japan.

Specifications (as designed)

References

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