I remembered that 30 years ago when I spliced cable in the California Desert, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) had a very similar aircraft.
It was called the Mahl-Stol and was flown by a pilot that used to talk with us on the CB radios, it would make a great scale project for someone.
It was stationed at Daggett Airport in Newberry springs, Ca. which is in the eastern Mojave Desert.

Cheers" Dan