“This airplane project is complete except there is no engine mount or propeller” Navion 1949 I am.



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“This airplane project is complete except there is no engine mount or propeller”
Make: Navion Model Year: 1949
I am advertising this airplane for a friend who does not use a computer. I will say up front that I have a lifetime of aviation experience with some time maintaining and servicing airplanes. I do not have an AP rating and I have little knowledge of Navion airplanes. I made a simple inspection of the airplane and it appears to be if pretty fair condition for its age. The logs are with this airplane and appear in better order than most logs I have seen for an airplane of this vintage. The airplane was disassembled for movement. In the movement, the engine mount was lost and is not included with the project. Also, there is no propeller with the project. The photos of the project show the nose gear extended and the main gear retracted. The wing flaps have been removed and are included. I do not know why they were removed, but they appear to be in as good of condition as the rest of the project. I have scanned the logs and this airplane has been located in Nebraska, Colorado, Western Pennsylvania. It has spent its time in areas that are relative dry and good for the perseveration of aircraft materials. I did not see any indications that it had been kept within 200 miles of salt water. The airplane has a very old paint and it appears that it spent most of its time on the ramp, not hangered. However, it appears in very good condition for an airplane of its age. I see no signs of any serious corrosion. The photos show some red areas on the inside of the sheet metal in the cockpit that look a lot like rust. However, it appears to be the remnants of some sort of sound proofing and is easily removed with no corrosion under it. I saw no log indications of any serious damage such as gear-up landings, etc. and I did not see any serious damage mentioned in the logs. This project appears to be in good structural condition. There is an STC available to convert this airplane to an O-470 Continental engine. I believe it is an ideal candidate for someone looking to rebuild a vintage Navion. The airplane comes with engine and an extra engine that is missing one cylinder. There may be usable parts in this spare engine. The logs for both engines are included. Current date: 2016-08-12