Complex sentence: Inspired by the Fieseler Storch Prof. Tetsuo Miki of Osaka University designed a STOL liaison and observation aircraft, similar to the Storch but not by any means a copy.
Split into simpler sentences: Inspired by the Fieseler Storch Prof. Tetsuo Miki of Osaka University designed this aircraft. Although the aircraft was similar to the Storch, it was not by any means a copy.