The Goon was built with a conventional welded steel tube frame and fabric covering.

[1] During the 1956 rebuild, a 190 hp Lycoming O-435-1 engine was installed in place of the Menasco, including a cut down Beech-Roby propeller and wheel brakes.

In 1939 20th Century Fox featured the Goon in the movie series Tailspin Tommy.

On December 23, 1957, the rebuilt Goon was test flown by Harvey Mace at Sacramento, California.

[4] The Goon was purchased in 1991 by the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum and was awaiting restoration in Macedonia, Ohio.