In the 1972 made - for - television film '' Family Flight '' , starring Rod Taylor and Dina Merrill , a family flying a Navion is forced down in the desert and later attempts to land the Navion on an aircraft carrier .
In the 1972 made - for - television film '' Family Flight '' , starring Rod Taylor and Dina Merrill , a family flying a Navion is forced down in the desert . 
 The family later attempts to land the Navion on an aircraft carrier .