You sneaky bas.............. Well Done Aaron!
I was puzzling over that for ages. I'd guessed it was possibly a nose-wheel leg, probably looking upwards, with what appears to be the towing eyes visible, but thought the front of the aircraft was either to left or right (not above, center!), and couldn't understand why I couldn't see at least part of a wheel bay!
Thanks guys, I remembered seeing that little rod and couldn't remember so I went check on all the aircraft I had seen over the years and found a frontal shot of FiFi and realized I had been stand directly in from of the nose gear while talking to the pilot when she was in Tri-City's Airport some time back and knew it had to be it.
Ok, let's try this one.