The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction, or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

[2] Construction time from the factory supplied kit is estimated at 300 hours.

[2] In February 2018 there were 12 Norman J6 Karatoos on the Transport Canada Civil Aviation Register.

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