A couple of days ago, we opened a packing crate which had traveled from Florida and been abandoned in a warehouse in the UK for 20 years... Inside were the remnants of a homebuilt aircraft, and I was hoping that someone here may be able to identify it (without pictures...)

It is a high wing, all metal cabin aircraft with side by side seating and tricycle undercarriage. So far it could be anything, right?..

Here's the rub. The cockpit doesn't have a door, but rather the whole windshield appears to slide forwards on rails. Overall, the aircraft looks almost identical to a Bede BD4, but has a rectangular section main spar and a fuel tank between the engine and cabin. The windscreen perspex is also curved at the edges as opposed to the Bede's flat screen. It seems as if at least some of the aircraft has flown before - at Oshkosh 1988.

I have tried to find a high wing aircraft with a sliding canopy but without success... can you help? Any ideas are gratefully received.

regards,

John