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That sounds like fun! Never met anyone that owned one that didn't really like theirs. :)
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Congrats. Have a fun drive, lots of nothing to see through Utah...
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Congrats. Navions are cool! 8)
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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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any ideas on the livery?
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This is great!

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

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

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

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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.

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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?
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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.

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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.

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

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

Ryan Navion A
NAV-4-1615
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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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