Anyone recognize this model airplane?

ticomareado wrote:That was a great movie. Too bad the real pilot killed himsef in the Phoenix near the end of the movie production.

GallopingGhostler wrote:Bob, as I recall we had discussed this in another thread may 6 months ago, so this is old hat. Yes, you've certainly made your Enya powered Phoenix rise out of the ashes like the mythical one of folklore.

NTSB found a contributing factor to the accident, Paul Mantz's drinking. He had a habit of drinking before flying. Amazingly, this seemed to have no effect on him before, as he was always a good pilot. However, he missed a low spot ahead of him, the undercarriage struck the slight hill, plane broke up and thus ended Paul.

http://airportjournals.com/paul-mantz-and-the-last-flight-of-the-phoenix/

Airport Journals wrote:As the plane touched down, the wheels struck a small sandy hump of sun-baked dirt that started to drag heavily at the undercarriage. Mantz gave the engine full throttle, and the plane broke free of the sand. It traveled about a hundred yards with Mantz pulling back on the stick. However, the bump had broken the back of the aircraft, and it split in two, tumbling over at 90 mph on the desert floor, breaking up in the process.

Mantz died instantly when the engine crushed him. Rose, standing behind in the rear of the makeshift cockpit, had strapped himself to a stringer. He was able to release the belt and kick free of the plane. He broke his shoulder blade, but survived and eventually flew again.

When the NTSB accident report was later released, it cited pilot error, stating “pilot-in-command misjudged altitude…airframe overload failure…and alcoholic impairment and judgment.” It’s hard to understand today, but Mantz drank when he flew—and judging by his performances, was still a good stick.

A pilot can always stay out of trouble, he contended, if he uses his head, plans his flight carefully, and avoids letting one emergency compound another. Often, he had made forced landings in small fields when engine trouble occurred. They weren’t a matter of luck; Mantz, like any good pilot, constantly scanned every potential landing field, just in case. However, this was an accident Mantz had not foreseen, brought on because the aircraft couldn’t handle the stress of its takeoffs and landings on asphalt. The landings probably contributed to the fatigue of the airframe. The weather also wasn’t ideal; the temperature was well over 120 degrees and the airplane was sluggish, lacking the lift that arguably may not have helped get the craft out of its trouble.

Paul this time had the deck stacked against him with a possibly marginally safe experimental aircraft, poor low lift weather, a demanding movie production schedule and of course the drinking didn't help.
May be his drinking helped him to have the boldness to fly that contraption?     May Paul Mantz rest in peace.