[Nadia]

I think he is probably hidden by the wing root,, I am looking at the cover of my hard copy, and its grainy, but I can make out the pilot.

I think it looks more and more like the real deal. The heavy banking makes it suspicious, but there are no guns in the turret, which concur;
a modellist would probably have put some guns; the biggest "pos" is the three blade propeller;
I have checked the flying model, seemingly about 1/24th scale in the guys hands, and it has only an unrealistic two blade prop !!!

Considering it is described as very manoeuvrable, then it all adds up, to be a photo of the real plane...

( My photo has no guns too...) Now here are the three photos in one post:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=379249

Clic on pics. All of the same aircraft I think...
OMG: I just read that post and it says that the pilot made a loop before completing a very successful test flight :OO !
The story relates genuine lysanders were unstable at low speeds but this machine was not ...