This month's "Mystery Plane" is Aviat Aircraft’s 110 Special, nicknamed, "The Coupe". The aircraft was based on the Monocoupe 110 design which was produced from 1932 through 1950. “It’s stressed to +6/-3 gs,” said Stu Horn in the 1999 May issue of Sport Aerobatics. “...it will cruise at 185 mph and features side-by- side seating which makes it ideal as an aerobatic trainer.”
In an article written by AVweb's Dave Higdon in 1999 (updated 2019), Dave wrote, "Certificate holder Eddie Saurenman brought Aviat Aircraft president Stuart Horn the original 1932 Monocoupe design as a type that could expand Aviat beyond its range as the maker of the Husky and Pitts while building on the same in-house skills already employed to produce both specialty designs. Indeed, reviving the Monocoupe 110 Special racer gives Aviat a product positioned to capture pilots' interested in flying fast, in flying far and with the capability for the odd aerobatics fling available as a bonus".
The article went on to describe some of the prototype's interior, exterior and flight capabilities. 
Outside - 23 ft. wingspan with 80% of each trailing edge taken up by ailerons, 200hp Lycoming AERIO-360
Inside - detailed leather seats, hardwood panel, wool carpeting, fuzzy dice and bright polished rudder pedals (custom-crafted into shiny silhouettes of four bare feet).
In Flight - Loops, hammerheads, spins and rolls performed as quickly as you make them and can stand them.
Budd Davisson published a pirep article in the May 2000 issue of Sport Aviation and the June 2000 issue of Plane and Pilot.
