It had been one of two programs to improve the performance of the otherwise-pleasing Navion that was generally considered to be underpowered.

They replaced the Navion's engine with a baggage compartment, mounted two engines within new nacelles attached to the wing leading edges, fitted the aircraft with a new tail fin made of fiberglass, and added tip tanks made from recycled WWII napalm canisters.

Sales were slow and Camair built only 25 examples before selling off the rights in 1959.

The ownership of these rights would change hands twice again over the following decade but only another eight aircraft would be built after the end of Camair's involvement Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1956–57[1]General characteristics Performance

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