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

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Serial Number TN-6
June 29, 1953 - manufactured
  • Used the airframe from Navion NAV-4-1272 (NC4272K)

N4272K

December 1952 - June 1953
Riley Aircraft Sales Company
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

June 1953 - April 1955
Dresser Engineering Company
Tulsa, OK, USA
  • September 5, 1953 - Auxiliary fuel tank from a Cessna UC-78 installed in the rear baggage compartment.

  • December 10, 1953 - 140hp Lycoming O-290-D2A engines removed and replaced with O-320 150hp engines.

  • January 18, 1954 - TEMCO completes gross weight increase to 3,350 lbs.

April 1955 - October 1955
Yingling Aircraft of Oklahoma, Inc.
Tulsa, OK, USA

October 1955 - March 1956
Logsdon Construction Company
Wichita, KS, USA

March 1956 - October 1956
Yingling Aircraft of Oklahoma, Inc.
Tulsa, OK, USA
  • August 1956 - May 1957, Bill of sale records show Yingling Aircraft of Oklahoma selling N4272K to Gaines Drilling Co. of El Dorado, KS. This conflicts with other bills of sale on record with the FAA.

October 1956
Malcolm Jacobs Company
St. Louis, MO, USA

November 1956 - February 1960
John Walther
Dayton, OH, USA

February 1960 - August 1962
Projects Unlimted, Inc.
Dayton, OH, USA

August 1962 - November 1962
George H. Bailey Company, Inc.
Fort Wayne, IN, USA

November 1962 - March 1963
N.S. Von Stith
Fort Wayne, IN, USA

March 1963 - December 1964
Clyde Imhoff Jr.
Toledo, OH, USA
  • June 18, 1963 - Repairs completed to the forward fuselage and nose baggage compartment door.

December 1964 - August 1966
Merrey Wyman
Columbus, MS, USA

August 1966 - July 1967
Oscar Bourgeois
Macon, MS, USA

July 1967 - October 1973
Albert Catallo and Betty Catallo
Barksdale AFB, LA, USA

October 1973 - May 1988
Clarence Commee and Loretta Coomee
Rockford, MI, USA


N4272K seen inflight.
(K. McTavish)


May 1988 - present
Lee Sigloch
Jamestown, CA, USA


Current status: Undetermined