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Jack Riley
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
A beautiful company photograph of N8680H showing just how colorful Riley Aircraft was when it came to painting the early Twin Navion conversions.
Photo courtesy of Riley Aircraft Co. via Gretchen Brauninger
N8680H, fresh from the Riley factory, features the original Piper cowlings and large nose baggage door as seen in these four Riley Aircraft promotional photos.
Photo courtesy of Riley Aircraft via Ken McTavish
Ned Biffle Drilling Company
Shawnee, OK, USA
N8680H passes overhead on approach to Dallas' Love Field, February 1953.
Photo courtesy of Mitch Maybourne via SkyWorld International
Obviously a comparison photo, this image ran in the September 1953 issue of Flight magazine. N8680H is still equipped with O-290 engines, but the paint scheme on the cowls and nacelles has changed, dating this photo to sometime between February 1953 and January 1954.
Photo courtesy of Flight magazine
- January 1954 - upgraded by Riley Aircraft with 150hp Lycoming O-320 engines.
- September 1954 - auxiliary underseat and aft baggage compartment fuel tanks installed.
- November 1954 - repairs completed following a wheels up landing.
Blackstock, Bradley & Dietz, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Jack Richards
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Joseph Bulger
Chicago, IL, USA
National Aero Sales Corporation
Chicago, IL, USA
Florida Development Services Inc.
Miami, FL, USA
- September 1962 - gross weight increased to 3,350lbs.
Malcolm Jacobs Company
St. Louis, MO, USA
David Gardner
St. Louis, MO, USA
- November 5, 1964 - The pilot failed to lower the landing gear while landing in Chesterfield, MO. Althought the
damage was substantial, the pilot was uninjured. (NTSB Report unknown)
- July 22, 1965 - The pilot failed to ensure the landing gear was selected down, and locked before attempting a night landing in St. Louis, MO. The pilot was uninjured and the plane substantially damaged. (NTSB Report MKC66F0149)
Terry Gardner leaves from the Navioneer's 1967 National Convention.
Photo courtesy of Flying magazine
Terry Gardner and his family are seen taking their plane on vacation.
Photo courtesy of Terry Gardner via David Gardner
Ruth Taksel dba, Commander of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO, USA
- Confiscated over a bill of $6,000.
Robert Heilig
Creve Coeur, MI, USA
Roland Hodges
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Thomas Aseere
Fort Lauderdale , FL, USA
Barry Pruss and Floyd Davies
Dillsboro, IN, USA
Espie Muncy
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Lloyd Garner
Collinsville, OK, USA
Lloyd Garner
Land O' Lakes, FL, USA
Lloyd Garner
Lutz, FL, USA
N8680H seen at Tampa North Aero Park, September 2006.
Photo courtesy of Paul Aranha via Airliners.net
A decrepit looking N8680H sits outside Lloyd Garner's home in June 2007. The exterior is in poor cosmetic shape, and the interior gutted and populated by 'creepy-crawlies'.
Photo courtesy of Alf Wong
Brad Neel
Tampa, FL, USA
- Aircraft was given a thorough cleaning, inside and out. According to Brad Neel, six huge wasps nests had to be removed from under the wings and inside the wheel
wells. The engines were checked and the aircraft offered as a ferryable restoration project.
- October 2007 - offered for sale on eBay.
- November 2007 - advertised for sale, asking $24,000.
After a thorough cleaning, N8680H looks a lot nicer than it did just a few months before.
Photo courtesy of Brad Neel
Michael Nutter
Lebanon, OH, USA