This aircraft of the month is the Globe Swift, aimed at the “predicted” post WWII Aviation boom Globe aircraft designed and built the Swift to offer a sporty aircraft more similar to the advanced fighter aircraft of the war than pre war tube and fabric high wing aircraft.
What was not factored into the equation was the once in a lifetime gigantic surplus of WWII aircraft put on the open market at an extreme discount. Production ended in 1951 but with over 1,500 built you can still see them at airports every now and then.
While working for Piper at KVRB, the airport was also home to LoPresti Aviation, the same company that produced the Spectra seaplane (ref December of 2020 aircraft of the month) acquired the rights to the swift. LoPresti was acquired by Whelen Engineering in 2019 that still offers parts and mods for the aircraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoPresti_Fury
Another connection I have is Mark Langford from the Corvair aviation community also owns (last I knew) a 1946 Globe Swift, Some truly impressive flight photos on his web site from both the KR2 and Swift http://www.n56ml.com/sunsets/ .
Because of its production numbers, looks and years it has been around there are quite a few YouTube Videos on it.
There is some swift merch but its on independent sites (not amazon)
For RC aircraft Outerzone did come to the rescue with quite a few options.
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=8155
https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=3898
Gould Aero 