RILEY

Jack M. Riley formed Riley Aircraft Corp., Ft Lauderdale, TX, 1952, specializing in improving existing aircraft. Put 2 engines in Navion to produce Twin Navion, sold rights to Temco. By 1961 turned Cessna 310 into Riley Rocket, Dove into Turbo-Exec 400 and Heron into Turbo Skyliner. By 1970 company renamed Riley Turbostream Corp., Waco, TX, and by 1979 Riley Aircraft Corp. again, at Carlsbad, CA, concentrating on Cessna twins. Sold out to Advanced Aircraft 1983; Riley then formed Riley International Corp., still at Carlsbad, still upgrading Cessna twins.

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