Riley Aircraft Corp.'s D-16 Riley Twin Production

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Serial Number TN-13
July 17, 1953 - manufactured
  • Used the airframe from Navion NAV-4-1359 (NC4359K).

N4359K

January 1953 - July 1953
Riley Aircraft Sales Company
Fort Lauderdale , FL, USA

January 1953 - February 1955
Champion Spark Plug Company
Toledo, OH, USA
  • Aircraft was purchased before its conversion was complete.

  • January 1954 - upgraded by TEMCO with 150hp Lycoming O-320 engines. Also included gross weight increase to 3,350lbs, installation of a Southwind cabin heater and auxiliary fuel tank.

Modified with O-320 engines, N4359K is seen in Toledo, OH, July 1954.
(K. McTavish via eBay)


February 1955 - December 1956
Purdue Aeronautics Corportation
Lafayette, IN, USA

December 1956 - May 1957
Skyways, Inc.
Troutdale, OR, USA

May 1957 - January 1958
Rita Albachten
Ashland, OR, USA
  • January 1958 - exported to Mexico.

XB-FEX

January 1958 - May 1960
owner unknown
Mexico


XB-XEF is seen visiting Phoenix, AZ, October 1959.
(B. Baker via G. Kuhn)
  • Aircraft reported to have been held in storage.

  • May 1960 - exported to the USA.

N3797G

May 1960 - October 1961
Leslie George
Farmington, NM, USA

October 1961
Combs Aircraft, Inc.
Denver, CO, USA
  • Sold for $12,900.

October 1961 - June 1962
Silent Drive, Inc.
Sioux City, IA, USA

June 1962 - November 1962
Graubart Aviation, Inc.
Valparaiso, IN, USA

November 1962 - May 1963
James Beekman
Boston, MA, USA

May 1963 - August 1964
Graubart Aviation, Inc.
Elkhart, IN, USA

August 1964 - September 1964
Aero-Marine Development Corporation
Elkhart, IN, USA

September 1964 - December 1965
Ray King
Johnson City, TN, USA

December 1965 - February 1970
Cliffside Leasing Corporation, (S.A. Harrison President)
Goodlettsville, TN, USA

February 1970
S.A. Harrison
Nashville, TN, USA

February 1970 - October 1970
Music City Piper Sales, Inc., (S.A. Harrison President)
Nashville, TN, USA

October 1970 - November 1970
Memphis Aero Corporation
Memphis, TN, USA

November 1970 - October 1971
Gerald Crouse
Livingston, MI, USA

October 1971 - March 1982
Eugene Nutting
Grosse Ile, MI, USA
  • May 18, 1973 - While landing in Ypsilanti, MI, the pilot failed to lower the landing gear. (NTSB Report CHI73IC088)

March 1982 - June 1982
John Roberts
Homestead, FL, USA


June 1982 - February 1983
H. Swift Aircraft Sales
Elkton, FL, USA

February 1983 - May 1984
Hobert Burton
Macon, GA, USA

May 1984 - November 1997
Ada Aircraft Musuem, Inc.
Oklahoma City, OK, USA


As part of the Ada Aircraft Museum, N3797G was still a flyable airplane.
(M. Pasqualino)


November 1997 - present
The City of Liberal Kansas / Mid-America Air Museum
Liberal, KS, USA
  • N3797G is on display in the museum's extensive general aviation gallery.

N3797G on display in Liberal, KS.
(MAAM)


Current status: On Display (Museum)

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