This is an attempt at visualizing a 50's-era Striker design with radical differences to today's designs. The Banshee may look weird compared to more conventional airframes, but there is method in my madness --- all of it's features have been successfully implemented into real aircraft. The "side-by-side" 2-seat configuration has been used in many production designs (A-6 Intruder, Buccaneer, F-111 Raven, Su-24 Fencer, Su-32/34 Fullback, etc.). The crescent wings are also a proven concept (Buccaneer, Valiant, Jaguar, etc.). The engine pod, carried above the fuselage has been used in many commercial designs (Learjet, Gulfstream, DC-10, Tu-134, etc.), and military designs as well (YF-107 Ultrasabre, Tu-22 Blinder, etc.). Many airframes use the all-flying tail ("T"-tail) concept (F-101 Voodoo, F-104 Starfighter, Javelin, DC-10, C-5 Galaxy, etc.), and the "split-open" airbrake is used on the Yak-28G Brewer, A-6 Intruder, and Buccaneer.

It's the bending all of these features into one airframe that make the Banshee unique.

Not that it's a very SAFE design, though, because;
1- The wing-mounted guns would have terrible accuracy and convergence.
2- The all-flying tail make certain spins unrecoverable --- if you enter one, you crash. Period.
3- The engines-above configuration means that ejecting while the turbines are above certain RPMs means going head-first into a supersonic blender.
4- the long aft fuselage extension makes landings VERY dangerous if you over-rotate.

One would have to be either very brave or very insane to fly an aircraft like this!