TEMCO-Riley's D-16A Riley '55 Production

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Serial Number TTN-61
July 29, 1955 - manufactured
  • Used the airframe from Navion NAV-4-256 (NC91423).

N125N

July 1955
TEMCO Aircraft Corporation
Dallas, TX, USA

July 1955 - September 1955
Jack Riley
Dallas, TX, USA

September 1955 - January 1956
Quincy Lumber Co., Inc.
Quincy, CA, USA

January 1956 - April 1957
Powell Lumber Company
Lake Charles, LA, USA


N125N seen at Dallas' Love Field in August 1956.
(M. Maybourne via SkyWorld International)


April 1957
Louisiana Aircraft
Baton Rouge, LA, USA

April 1957 - June 1957
Vest Aircraft & Finance Co.
Denver, CO, USA

June 1957 - March 1961
Patuxent Motor Sales and Anchor Van Lines
Lexington Park, MD, USA
  • March 1961 - exported to Canada.

CF-NHN

January 1961 - March 1961
E.K. Motors Limited
Saskatoon, SK, Canada

March 1961 - 1973
Sequin Construction
Slave Lake, AB, Canada

1973 - March 1975
Ram Air Charter Ltd.
Inuvik, NT, Canada


CF-NHN after maintenance in Calgary, AB circa 1973.
(K. McTavish)

  • CF-NHN was employed for charters in the Arctic Islands, replacing two other wrecked Twin Navions.

  • Logbooks and propellers destroyed in a hangar fire.

CF-NHN, snowed in at Inuvik, NT in the early spring of 1975.
(K. McTavish)


C-FNHN

March 1975 - present
Ken McTavish
Calgary, AB, Canada
  • March 1975 - Christened "Scottie's Toy" after the son born on the date of purchase.


Even before the rebuild was complete, CF-NHN had
been cristened "Scottie's Toy." (K. McTavish)


Several post-rebuild photos, including a flight along the foothills
of the Alberta Rocky Mountains. (K. McTavish & G. Stauffer)


C-FNHN's instrument panel following the plane's 1976 rebuild.
(K. McTavish)
  • Awarded 1979 Navioneer's Flagship of the year.


Ken McTavish proudly poses with the ANS Flagship trophy - a first for
a Canadian Navion, and only the second Twin Navion. (T. Nodwell)

  • July 25, 1986 - Struck by lightning while inflight.


In the mid-1980s, Ken McTavish began learning to play the bagpipes,
and ended up matching C-FNHN's decade old noseart. They're seen
here at Banff, AB in the autumn of 1988. The Navion was suited to
the short grass airstrip amongst the Rocky Mountains. (K. McTavish)

  • September 1991 - Damaged by the (financially) most disasterous hail storm in history. Repairs made to the upper wing skins, horizontal stabilizers and flight controls.


C-FNHN is seen in a number of photos following the repairs and
repaint caused by the 1991 hail storm. Minor changes were made
to the paint scheme, although the biggest change was to the nose-
art, which reflected the son's role as drummers in the pipe band.
(T. McTavish)


C-FNHN warms up before flying on a beautiful August day in 2007.
(A. Wong)


  • October 2008 - Numerous repairs made to the right hand engine nacelle.



Current status: Airworthy