What's That? -- "Wholesome Finnish Madness"

"What's That?" from Historic Wings highlights interesting and little known aircraft designs from aviation history! Can you guess what this plane is? Scroll down for the answer!
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Eklund TE-1 Vesilintu (Waterfowl)
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[@HissyCat]

Such a cool aircraft.

[@HistoricWings]

Yes, really well-designed!

[@virginiajim]

I bet an updated, low cost version of this could have a large global market.

[@HistoricWings]

The Icon A5 is the closest thing to this design but is not low-cost. With current costs associated with the certification of new aircraft, perhaps the only way forward would be to pursue a more limited market as an Experimental category, home-built aircraft.