Developed in anticipation of the post-war light aircraft boom, learn how North American Aviation's NAvion incorporated modern manufacturing techniques, systems and styling that surpassed many automobile manufacturers of the day. Click here to read.

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Piper's use of Native American tribes earned them the title 'Tin Indians.' Cessna incorporated 'Sky' into their names, but what is a Navion? Click here to read.

At 97 1/2 years old, Roger Keeney recalls how he and a team of aeronautical engineers took Charles Daubenberger's idea of putting two engines on a Navion and made it reality. Click here to read.

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Roger Keeney proved it worked, but it took the salesmanship of Jack Riley to market the X-16 into the world's first light twin. Bridging the troublesome reliability of the single engine Navion and Bonanza, Twin Navions offered a more economical alternative to larger military surplus twins. Click here to read.

Heaviest and fastest of all Navions, the Camair 480 entered production in 1955, just as the full weight of America's light airplane manufacturers were entering the light twin market. Click here to read.

Learn about the number, and the causes of Twin Navion accidents since 1962. Based on information assembled from the National Transportation Safety Board database. Click here to read.