I forgot to mention, the prototype by North American was called the NA 35.

Comet model co., which is now out of business made a flying balsa kit of this airplane. Of course the prototype was made by North American aircraft. with the prototype, North American failed to interest the Army. That is when they sold the license to manufacture this design to lockheed Vega. Lockheed Vega only made four of these under contract. when the U.S. got involved in the war, the company did not have the capacity to manufacture additional models of this aircraft. You can find a photo of the Prototype on the internet. It had the registration# NX 14299. I have the model kit by comet. You can sometimes find them on e bay. If you ever get a hold of this model kit, you will find that the U.S. Army military markings in the plan ( and decals that come with the kit) are deceiving since the Army turned the design down.

my father recently passed away and i've been going through his logbooks. in book #3 covering 8/26/1941 to 8-23-1944 I noted one entry of him flying a "Vega 35", registration # NC28352 on 6-12-1943 at at Wichita Falls, Texas. He was an instructor teaching the "secondary instructor course" at Wichita Falls. not familiar with this type aircraft i found it through your website, cross checked the registration number and found that only 4 of the Vega 35's were made. very interesting find. thanks for the info.