Ryan L-17A/B Navion (US Navy)

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The Ryan (originally North American) Navion is a single-engine, unpressurized, retractable gear, four-seat aircraft originally designed and built by North American Aviation in the 1940s. It was later built by Ryan Aeronautical Company and the Tubular Steel Corporation (TUSCO).

The Navion was envisioned as an aircraft that would perfectly match the expected postwar boom in civilian aviation. It was designed along the general lines of, and by the same company which produced the North American P-51 Mustang, and North American T-28 Trojan.

Ryan Navion

Ryan-built production aircraft, 600 built.

Ryan Navion A

Improved Navion with a 205hp Continental E-185-9 engine, 602 built.

Ryan Navion B

Modified for the higher powered 260hp Lycoming GO-435-C2 engine, also known as the Super Navion 260, 222 built