Although the entire Navion series suffered from a general lack of attention in the 1970s and 1980s, they were definitely popular subjects in 1940 and 1950s literature. At present, the the type is undergoing a resurgence of attention.

If you have a magazine article in which any version of the Twin Navion is included as a major topic, we'd appreciate it if you would contact us and help share a copy.

Western Aviation (September 1952)

One of the first announcements for the new Twin Navion (actually refered to as a bi-Navion). This short article also includes three photos of NAV-4-532.

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Flight Magazine (November 1952)

This article was the first information published on the Twin Navion and was subequently reprinted on much of the early Riley sales materials.

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Flight (September 1953)

Although the Twin Navion isn't mentioned anywhere else in this news section, there is a nice photo of various twin engine aircraft, including an Aero Commander, Piper Apache, Twin Bonanza and Grumman Widgeon. The Twin Navion is represented by N8680H (NAV-4-680).

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Flying (February 1954)

The first pilot report on the D-16. Oddly this article was written in a letter format (see below) and utilized a combination of photographs of prototype N91793 (NAV-4-532) and the first TEMCO conversion, N4366K (TTN-1). Also mentioned is N4299K (TN-11).

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Flight (February 1954)

A short news piece announcing the transfer of D-16 from Riley to TEMCO. This is interesting as the production change came in 1953, and the photo that was used is of N28N (TTN-26), which was about half way through TEMCO's D-16 production.

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Flight (1954)

The first pilot report and indepth article about the Camair 480, which featured the first production example, N4363K (1-050).

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Flight (1955)

An article about the new D-16A, N55N.

Flight (January 1955)

An article about the emerging field of light twin aircraft that includes the Piper Apache, Cessna 310, Aero Commander and Twin Bonanza. The Twin Navion is represented by N108N (TTN-39).

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Flying (June 1955)

Although the colourful cover of 'Flying' Magazine featured an equally bright WE-1 prototype N99W (101), brief mention was given in an article about tip tanks. Several pictures of the first production Camair, N4363K (1-050) and a brief article about the Camair entering production were also included.

Incidentally, Camairs employed modified napalm tanks manufactured by the Fletcher Aviation Corp. D-16As used tip tanks custom-made by Brittain Aircraft Enterprises.

Flight (October 1957)

A brief news piece about the D-16A production. Apparently it took a long time to get information into print overseas, because TEMCO ceased production of the Twin Navion in 1957.

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Flight (October 1957)

A brief news piece about the Camair 480. It provides little more than a general description.

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Flying (April 1967)

Featured a three page article about the Navion, including a photo of a D-16, N8680H (NAV-4-680).

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Popular Planes (1972)

Discussing the light twin market, this article briefly discusses the Twin Navion over a single paragraph. It included photos of the Dauby prototype N91793 (NAV-4-532).

Canadian Aviation (March 1980)

This short article talked about Gerry Stauffer and the work he'd done in Calgary, AB, Canada rebuilding a Twin Navion (TTN-61) and a number of single Navions at Stauffer Aero.

Wings (January/February 1981)

Although most of this article revolved around Gerry Stauffer's 300 hp single Navion, Ken McTavish's D-16A, C-FNHN (TTN-61) was used as the camera platform and also appears within the article.

Vintage Flyers Guidebook

Eric Presten's first collection of vintage airplane photos. Featuring more than 400 photos on 140 pages.

Vintage Flyers II

A fabulous 480 page collection of full-color photographs of vintage airplanes. This book not only showcases the single Navion with two photos, but also the Twin Navion, with photos of N119N (TTN-51) and N123N (TTN-56).

International Aircraft Directory, 3rd Edition

Authored by Plane & Plane magazine, this directory is a compellation of short histories of most light aircraft. It includes the canopy Navion, the Rangemaster, and the Camair. However this one falls into the same trap of using a photo of a D-16 instead of a real Camair - in this case the Dauby prototype, N91793 (NAV-4-532).