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If the machine in the photographs is the Jarty Aviette, I wonder whether the 'pedal power' was generated by means of a set up, within the fuselage, similar to the modern recumbent cycle? If so, that might explain why such a slender fuselage and a low set airframe could have been employed for a manned aeroplane because the pilot would, in effect, have lain within the fuselage, perhaps with his head only protruding above the top decking, with his feet close to the 'engine bay' so that the 'drive', between the pedals and the fan, was of the minimum possible distance in order to generate maximum possible power.