Mid-air, 2 Navions, No injuries, minor damage.

Navions where used by USAF as the L-17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Navion

Our CAF club is working to rebuild one.
http://houstonwing.org

That’s Yorkshire engineering for you.

The Navions were well built….coming from the firm that built Texans and Mustangs.
I’ve read, but have no car confirmation, that they were built on the old T-6 line and used some Mustang systems.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find some parts commonality.

And they were adapted by the military with sone purchased by the Army and USAF. Several were used in Korea as liaison air and VIP transports.

@#$!! looks like they were extremely lucky!

Quite a bit more than minor.
Miraculous recovery comes to mind

Posted in report:

Saw the aftermath of this accident while playing golf. One plane’s wing was 1/3 missing or folded up and plane was flying at treetop level over course 2 miles from airport. 2nd plane was 1000ft above with heavy smoke coming from engine. Apparently both landed safely.

Blimey!

Reminds me of the pic I once saw (in an Eddie Doylerush book?) of a Dakota that hit two peaks in the Berwyns almost simultaneously and bent six feet of each wing tip up.

Adrian

Wow, that must be five or six feet of wing, plus damage to the canopy. Them suckers were built… Lucky people. Always liked the Navion.

This is allegedly one of the aircraft involved. Appears to be a bit more than *minor* damage. However, no confirmation that this is N4356K yet.