- Summary
- N5210K photo gallery
- The joy of flying this Navion (28 photos)
- These are the kind of views that await you
- Panoramic windows offer spectacular views
- Landing this Navion is too easy
- Dual GPS antennas (on top of cowl) drive the Garmin radios
- Oceano shoreline departure
- Introducing the joy of flight to others
- Frozen in ground effect
- Last chance at Blaine, WA before they close it
- Boundary Bay panorama
- Malibu penthouse
- Superb view on short final
- Lions Gate Bridge
- You meet the nicest people in a Navion.
- Italian friends
- Laughin' at Laughlin
- Landing at Langley
- Welcome to Boundary Bay
- Flying formation
- Bubble wrap
- N5210K at Whiteman Airport, CA
- Sunset
- An airplane with an ego
- Never fly alone AirBear
- Burning skies
- Sunset over the Pacific coast in the Navion
- Why windows should be kept clean
- End of another flying day
- Moonlight symphony
- Exterior photos (22 photos)
- N5210K at Whiteman Airport, Pacoima, CA
- Sparkling in the sun at Big Bear, CA
- Lift-off at Delta, BC
- Clean as a whistle, the belly of this airplane stays clean.
- Taken at Santa Paula, CA
- Spinner and nosebowl at Salinas, CA
- No problem seeing the recognition lights on this aircraft
- Close-up views of the exterior (6 photos)
- Left wingtip at Santa Paula, CA
- Reflections of a tail
- Back to front
- N5210K nose bowl
- Barn door-sized 45˚ flaps allow for steep-but-slow descents.
- This wing wants to climb
- Navion ready to fly
- This was taken prior to the propeller's major overhaul and painting.
- N5210K's data plate
- Interior photos (41 photos)
- The panel by day and night (39 photos)
- Panel (20 photos)
- Panel full view
- Garmin stack installed new in July 2004
- Garmin 250XL and Michel MX 170B
- Oil & fuel pressure gauges
- Left side switches
- Altimeter, CDI, VSI, and JPI Graphic Engine Analyzer
- The engine produces strong oil and fuel pressures in flight
- Hydraulic gauge
- Altimeter & new CDI
- Manifold Pressure and Horizon Digital Tachometer
- Landing & Recognition Light switches
- Starter solenoid safety override switch
- Pilot's side cabin air vent and control
- Gear and flap handles, the trim wheel, and throttle
- Gear retract handle and gear warning lights
- GNS 430 data chip
- GNS 430 data chip
- Hobbs meter Airframe showing total time since new
- JPI EDM 700 engine analyzer
- Original panel as it was at time of my purchase of N5210K in 2004
- Behind the panel photos (12 photos)
- Clean underpanel
- The neatness of the wiring speaks for itself
- Ignition switch was replaced in 2004
- Gulf Stream sound proofing used throughout the cabin
- The blue wires are f0r the UMA backlit gauge lights
- Plenty of room for more avionics
- View before hydraulic gauge was replaced
- Brittain Industries wing leveler
- All wiring is neat and coded in schematic diagrams
- Back of JPI graphic engine analyzer
- Back of Horizon Instruments Electronic Digital Engine Tachometer
- Back of Michel radio
- Illuminated gauges at night (7 photos)
- Panel (20 photos)
- Cabin view overhead
- Cavernous cabin
- The panel by day and night (39 photos)
- 2005 restoration (51 photos)
- August ~ October 2005: Disassembly & cleaning (30 photos)
- Someone had cut 4" holes into the wings decades earlier.
- 1 of 2 holes illegally cut under the seats to seal leaky gas tanks.
- Preparing to demate the fuselage
- Jacking fuselage from wings
- Fueselage being demated from wings
- Fuselage demated from wings after 55 years
- After removing the underseat aux tank, new felt was installed.
- Under the auxiliary fuel tank
- Front view of demated wing
- Closeup of front of wings
- Don't try this on a Cessna....
- Dodo bird
- Back of wing
- New fuel tanks on floor (to right) await their destiny.
- View from behind fuel boost pump
- The red and burgundy stains came from leaking 80 octane fuel.
- Back of gear warning horn
- Moving the wings
- View from below the floor
- Epoxy (on top of tank) was used to seal the fuel tank.
- Both wings were full of dirt.
- The wheel wells were filthy!
- Cleaning wheelwells inadvertently stripped off wing paint.
- Preparing the wing for priming and painting
- Care was made to save the dimples to save rivet strength.
- Cleaned wings ready for priming and painting
- Flaps and ailerons were stripped of paint.
- Flaps and ailerons ready for primer.
- Nose gear doors
- Three pounds of undocumented weight, collected over 55 years
- Details of the 2005 restoration project (text & photos)
- November ~ December 2005: Painting & reassembly (21 photos)
- August ~ October 2005: Disassembly & cleaning (30 photos)
- Photos of the engine & propeller (41 photos)
- Adel fuel boost pump
- Before & after photos of sump modification (5 photos)
- Before & after photos of 2006 engine overhaul (32 photos)
- Engine condition before its overhaul in 2006 (17 photos)
- Bronze in ADC oil filter gave early warning the engine was failing.
- Preparation for removal of engine prior to overhaul
- An engine mount was made for the trip to Chicago.
- Ready for shipment to Poplar Grove Airmotive
- Condition of firewall just after engine was removed
- Poor condition of baffling around oil cooler contributed to inefficient cooling.
- Poor condition of baffling contributed to inefficient cooling
- The old gear warning horn switch and throttle cable were replaced.
- Basket was stripped for painting
- Firewall was cleaned with ScotchBrite
- Firewall was meticulously masked off for painting
- Zinc chromate was applied to nose box and firewall
- Parts received several coats of Boeing Grey + 2 coats of clearcoat
- The governor was overhauled.
- Originally from a Navion B, the pump was overhauled
- Both T-drives were overhauled
- The Romec fuel pump was overhauled.
- Engine after overhaul by Poplar Grove Airmotive (15 photos)
- Newly overhauled engine as it came out of the crate
- New Teledyne Continental cylinders with 4-ring pistons
- Rebuilt PS-5C Bendix pressure carb
- Pretty from any angle
- Both mags were overhauled
- 6-spoke spray rail gives even idle
- Back end of overhauled engine
- Starter motor housing (not shown) was replaced
- Newly overhauled engine at installation
- Ignition wires, baffles, hoses, hardware, etc. were replaced
- Baffle stiffeners were fabricated to improve cooling efficiency
- Inside of cowls were painted & clear coated with Boeing Grey
- Gear warning switch roller on ramp
- Governor and T-drive were overhauled
- This engine's data plate
- Engine condition before its overhaul in 2006 (17 photos)
- Oil filter screen upgraded to ADC oil filter system (2 photos)
- No evidence of corrosion found in 6/2007 prop overhaul
- Miscellaneous photos (2 photos)
- The joy of flying this Navion (28 photos)
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- Digitized maintenance history
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