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We saw this plane this week in NW Arkansas, curious what it is? photo of an unknown single seat aircraft at very low altitude

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  • $\begingroup$ Welcome to Av.SE! $\endgroup$
    – Ralph J ♦
    Jan 9 at 1:28
  • $\begingroup$ If you snapped any more photos of it, please add them to the question. Especially from different angles or showing more detail. $\endgroup$
    – Camille Goudeseune
    Jan 9 at 2:29
  • $\begingroup$ Please describe its maneuvers. Why have you called it aerobatic? $\endgroup$
    – Camille Goudeseune
    Jan 9 at 2:34
  • $\begingroup$ Another 20 feet lower, and I would call it kindling. $\endgroup$
    – End Anti-Semitic Hate
    Jan 9 at 9:04
  • $\begingroup$ Btw looks like I made an action re a proposed edit that I was being prompted to review, essentially simultaneously as someone else accepted the proposed edit. Not trying to play round-and-round games here intentionally-- ; ) $\endgroup$
    – quiet flyer
    Jan 9 at 11:16

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It's a GB-1 Game Bird built by Game Composites.

enter image description here

This picture shows the two place configuration but the OP's photo shows the single place option which is why the nose looks longer.

Here is a single-place version:

enter image description here

It is indeed an unlimited class aerobatic aircraft.

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  • $\begingroup$ The canopy looks rather different - barely reaches the trailing edge of the wing in the OP's photo. $\endgroup$
    – MikeB
    Jan 9 at 14:49
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    $\begingroup$ @MikeB I'm not sure where you're looking, but the canopy extends pretty far into the wing in the OP's photo. The single place GB-1 looks the same. $\endgroup$
    – Ron Beyer
    Jan 9 at 15:22
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    $\begingroup$ @davidbak Around 1000 nautical miles, according to the link at the top of the answer. $\endgroup$
    – spikey_richie
    Jan 9 at 16:30
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    $\begingroup$ @davidbak And with a cruise speed of 200kn, that equates to 4 minutes per gallon, sounds reasonable. $\endgroup$
    – Bobby J
    Jan 9 at 16:38
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    $\begingroup$ @MikeB -- note the completely different perspective (viewing angle) in the two photos of the single-seaters. The aircraft geometry looks the same to me. Just as a (swept-wing) aircraft with dihedral will appear to have anhedral when viewed from certain angles, and vice versa-- $\endgroup$
    – quiet flyer
    Jan 9 at 17:04

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