Same here. It immediately reminded me of the Vought F7U Cutlass:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F7U_Cutlass
I remember standing under the nose of one of these in 1958 at an airshow.
The nose gear of these was about eight feet tall, I suppose to give a higher
angle of attack for carrier launching.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F7U_Cutlass#/media/File:Vought_F7U-3_Cutlass.jpg
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>I finally caught a Skipper with wings deployed. Reminds me of a Navy
>fighter configuration.
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>http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170829-DSCF4488.JPG.html
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Chris
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