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

Germany

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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 Luigi Colani

Luigi Colani

Luigi Colani, , is a German industrial designer whose father came from Madulain near St. Moritz in Switzerland....

. A particularly unorthodox feature was the pusher propeller mounted behind the top of the T-tail

T-tail

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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 composite construction

Composite construction

Composite construction is a generic term to describe any building construction involving multiple dissimilar materials. Composite construction is often used in building aircraft, watercraft, and building construction. There are several reasons to use composite materials including increased...

. A mockup was displayed at the Paris Air Show

Paris Air Show

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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)