The Savage Monoplane, or Savage Special as it was also known, was one of a small number of New Zealand-designed and amateur-built aircraft to be successfully flown, having been granted a Certificate of Airworthiness.

In January 1976 the N-24 variants of the Nomad, with a 61-cm (24-in) increased length in the nose, and a 1.14-m (45-in) increase in cabin length, flew for the first time.