Seabee look alike

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I was at a local airport today that has some pretty interesting stuff on the field (old warbirds and biplanes) and this pusher config plane comes in while I'm fueling. Kinda looked like a Seabee but I don't think it was. Any ideas on what it could be? Sorry, no pics. It was a pusher style with the prop up top. Maybe a Sky Arrow?
 
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Hard to make any suggestions without seeing what you're describing.
 
Yeah, sorry. Was hoping for other pusher config ideas. Google isn't being too helpful.
 
A Seabee and a Sky Arrow are vastly different. For one, the Seabee is a hull amphib where the Sky Arrow is primarily a land plane but can be put on floats. It would be very hard to confuse the two.
 
Lake Ambhib? Very different shape, though:

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Could be a Spencer air car. Looks a whole lot like a seabee.
 
It would be easier to narrow it down if we knew if it was a hulled seaplane, a float plane or just a land plane.
 
Spencer Air Car (home built)

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Republic Seabee (designed by Percival Spencer)

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There's also the SIAI Rivera sea plane. Looks like a skinny seabee. Giveaway is the boomed tail:

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Spence was the lead designer of the Bee over at Republic. Something like 850 were built between 1946 and 1948. The original Franklin engine was not quite enough power - If you've ever flown one off the water in the summertime you'll know what I mean. Very roomy though, I spent a night inside one once during a thunderstorm that washed our tent away.
 
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