{"id":15,"date":"2011-12-27T16:22:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.15.223.162\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2016-07-27T17:09:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:09:04","slug":"north-american-l17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/highskywing.org\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"North American L17\/Ryan Navion (3)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Navion photo from Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n

(Click on photos for original version)<\/em><\/h6>\n

The North American L-17\/Ryan Navion<\/strong> (with 13 variants) was originally designed for the civilian general aviation market in the late 1940’s. \u00a0North American felt that since it was based along the lines of their P-51 Mustang, it would catch on quickly. \u00a0 It soon attracted the attention of the USAAF which ordered 83 of the L-17A versions to be used to train university ROTC cadets.<\/h3>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Because this aircraft was produced by so many different companies (North American, Ryan Aeronautical and TUSCO) and due to continual modifications, there really are no two Navions that are alike.<\/h3>\n