Battle Hymn

[agent86]

ya gotta see my video on the video post. North American aviations greatest product in action

[Speedy]

North American aviations greatest product in action

They made a movie about the Navion?


Oh wait...that was called Family Flight. Nevermind.....

[JohnB]

I was pleased they still have Dean Hess' (and worn by Rock Hudson in the film) helmet at the NMUSAF.

I say surprised because a lot of the older exhibits are MIA...

[agent86]

North American aviations greatest product in action

They made a movie about the Navion?


Oh wait...that was called Family Flight. Nevermind.....

Gotta love the Navion too.Oh wait wasnt it also built by other companies like Republic? or wazzat another plane

[JohnB]

Gotta love the Navion too.Oh wait wasnt it also built by other companies like Republic? or wazzat another plane

Ryan took over navion production after NA found out they couldn't make a profit selling them for $7995.00

Republic made the SeaBee and learned the same lesson.
Namely, the "market research" that told heavy Iron makers that people (returning vets) would pay $5000 for a four place plane proved to be optimistic and they cost a lot more to build than they thought.
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