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Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:07 pm

That sounds like fun! Never met anyone that owned one that didn't really like theirs. :)

Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:25 pm

Congrats. Have a fun drive, lots of nothing to see through Utah...

Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:25 pm

Congrats. Navions are cool! 8)

Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:46 pm

Here's the first photos of our Navion. My husband and a friend went to CO this week to take the plane apart and load it on the trailer. It will be back in Chino this weekend.
I'll post periodic photos as we progress on the reassembly.

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Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:04 pm

any ideas on the livery?

Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:15 pm

This is great!

Looking forward to updates ... Hope you give Gary and Dan a run for their money :wink:

Re: unbelievable!

Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:30 am

Cindy wrote:I can't believe I did this, but I (actually....we - my hubby and I) just bought a 1948 L-17 NAvion. Some assembly required :)
Major cool stuff and kinda scary at the same time. Once we pick it up (it's in CO) and start working, I'll share pictures.


Updates? Pictures? Serial# information please!! :)

Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:35 am

So its a real L-17, not a Navion with a paint job. Cool!

Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:23 am

Now that is cool as hell! Where do the sails go? :wink:

Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:51 am

Congrats,
We have several friends here in New England that own and love them.
One crashed his in april, he is looking at others.
Another landed his gear up last weekend, 9 mos of work or so to go.
There are at least 3 flyable in that group, and a bunch of others that come to the events that they put on. they do formation practice on non airshow weekends and have a blast.

Good luck

Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:59 am

Curtis Block wrote:So its a real L-17, not a Navion with a paint job. Cool!


I thought she said (over on AAFO, I think) that it was just a commercial Navion and not an L-17?

Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:17 am

Congrats and good luck with. The Navion was the first A/C that I ever flew, thanks to Steve and Johnny Rister out of Midland many years ago in Pampa, Texas.

Lynn

Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:03 pm

Congrats Cindy,

My jealousy towards WIX members continues to grow, again.

Have fun with the restoration and flyin' it around. You've got to be quite excited.

Cheers,

David

Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:41 pm

congrats!
B

Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:26 pm

sorry I haven't replied until now - was up in Reno.

the details..........

Ryan Navion A
NAV-4-1615
N4615K
Came off the line Oct 18, 1948

It's home now and in the hangar and we're hoping to have one of the guys at Fighter Rebuilders come down and help us put together a squak list. Pictures will be posted as warrented at

http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r148 ... na/Navion/
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