Ryan Aircraft

Ryan NYP "Spirit of St.Louis" 1927 The Spirit of St. Louis was built by the Ryan Company of San Diego, California, for 25-year-old ... read more ... In the mid 'thirties, Ryan offered a single-seat armed version of its tandem two-seat STM primary ... read more ... Ryan STA-Special 1934 Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly 1940 read more ... In December 1942, nine US aircraft manufacturers received a Request for Proposals from the Bureau of ... read more ... Ryan FR-1 Fireball 1944 Ryan FR-4 1944 The XFR-4 entered flight test in November 1944. Utilising the 19th FR-1 production airframe, this replaced the ... read more ... This aircraft originates in the North American NA145 design, created to replace cancelled military contracts ... read more ... Ryan Navion (North American NA 145) 1945 Ryan XF2R-1 1946 A major modification of the FR-1 Fireball, the Model 29 resulted from a Bureau of Aeronautics ... read more ... In the early 1950s, some senior officers thought that all US Navy carrier aircraft would be ... read more ... Ryan X-13 Vertijet 1955 Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane 1958 Ryan XV-5 Vertifan 1964