Kirtland AFB Flying Club Ryan Super 260 Navion

Name: Kirtland AFB Flying Club Ryan Super 260 Navion - Cavalcade of Wings
SKU: Model-0249

Model ID#:

0249

YEAR:

1961

Airline/Service:

Kirtland AFB Flying Club

Name:

Nation

Classification:

Private

Type:

Passenger

Manufacturer:

Ryan Aeronautical Company

Designation:

Super 260

MODEL BY:

H. Herrier

Model Scale:

1/48

MODEL ADDED:

N/A

historical significance

First Albuquerque Visit: 1961

SKU: Model-0249 Categories: Passenger, Private

Additional Information:

The Ryan 260 Navion is a single-engine, unpressurized, retractable gear, four-seat aircraft originally designed and built by North American Aviation in the 1940s.

The Ryan Aeronautical Company went into the private plane market in 1947 with the Navion. It was designed for small companies as an executive transport. The owners like the plane because it was a very big, rugged, fast, safe, and easy to fly. Over 1,200 were built along with a military version the L-17.

The Kirtland AFB Flying Club in Albuquerque had two of these aircraft for use by their members in 1961.

A Navion seen on the ramp at Cutter’s Albuquerque airport aviation service center.