Jim,
Beat you to it! I want one of these!!
Check this out! I'll pitch a book. There's a great photo of the aircraft in a PDF file along with three views, but I had trouble with the download.
Copied text.
""By the standards of his youth, the late Neal Loving had no business in aviation; he was a poor black kid, growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in Detroit in the late 1930s and eventually was disqualified for Air Corps because of a supposed heart condition, only to lose his legs in glider accident. Many such tales can leave the reader exhausted as the author slogs through one battle after another, soldiering on - however, Mr. Loving's account, while not diminishing the obstacles and prejudices of his day, is refreshing, dwelling on the successes and triumphs. This is Mr. Loving's story, self-told in an engaging fast-paced style that had me reading the entire book in one very enjoyable day.
What caught my childish eye many decades ago was Mr. Loving's exquisite little aircraft: "Loving's Love." As a kid growing up in the 1950s, I was captivated by the shapely lines, the curvaceous inverted gull-wing and the amazing speed he got out of an 85hp engine. Originally designed to be a Goodyear Racer, Neal arrived on the racing scene just as the racing class was fading, nonetheless, he qualified it for racing even though by then he was a double amputee. He eventually turned "Loving's Love" into a cross country speedster, visiting much of the South Eastern United States, pre-Castro Cuba and Jamaica where he eventually found his bride - all while operating a busy flying service.
Well after his fortieth birthday, Neal went on to complete an aeronautical engineering degree -- eventually becoming among other things the USAF's expert on high altitude clear air turbulence. I've known about the little airplane for decades, now I know a little about the rest of the story and the indefatigable, passionate aviator who built it. Highly recommend. ""