What's New?

September 13, 2011

• Yup, its taken almost two years for me to do an update and now I'm working my way through a two-year back log of emails and information. Please continue to be patient.
  

• First, an important announcement from the American Navion Society.
  

  After a rash of landing gear collapses that have been traced back to cracks in the nose landing gear fork the ANS, who own the type certificate for the D-16/D-16A series, have issued Field Service Bulletin number 101. Its based on an old Aero Commander Service Bulletin and calls for the installation of a simple plate to reinforce the fork. A similar FSB was also issued for the single Navion series and while the Camairs are not called out in either document, we whole heartedly believe that Camair owners should at least consider incorporating the reinforcement under another approval method.
  

  You can download the document through this link or by visit its permanent home on the Maintenance Tips page.
  

• If you were looking for the technical drawings that I created, you can now find better PDF copies by visiting each type's respective pages on the Different Types of Navions page.
  

• Thanks to the down turn in the economy, there are a number of Twin Navions and Camairs that are now up for sale. If you're looking for a bargain on a light twin, you're not going to get a better chance.
  

• Thanks to some fantastic investigative work by Barry Collman, we've solved probably the biggest Twin Navion mystery - the tri-motor D-16A. Known as the Hallair Model 510, it was based on D-16A TTN-66. Check it out.
  

• Updates made to the records for: TN-16, TTN-22, TTN-58, TTN-66, TTN-76, TTN-82, TTN-85, 1-050, 1-057, 1-064, 1-073, 1-074,