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Ryan Navion
American light aircraft design / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ryan (originally North American) Navion is a single-engine, unpressurized, retractable gear, four-seat aircraft originally designed and built by North American Aviation in the 1940s. It was later built by Ryan Aeronautical Company and the Tubular Steel Corporation (TUSCO).
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1950 Ryan Navion B | |
Role | Light fixed-wing aircraft |
Manufacturer | North American Aviation Ryan Aeronautical Tusco Corp. |
Introduction | 1948 |
Status | Active |
Primary users | United States Air Force United States Army Uruguayan Air Force |
Number built | 2,634[1] |
Variants | Camair Twin Navion Temco D-16 |
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The Navion was envisioned as an aircraft that would perfectly match the expected postwar boom in civilian aviation. It was designed along the general lines of, and by the same company which produced the North American P-51 Mustang.[3]