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unusual facts about Ryan Aeronautical Company



Ryan Airline Company

Some of their plane building was done behind the name Ryan Aeronautical Company, which under Mahoney built the NYP monoplane for Charles Lindbergh, but this was not the business which later became Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical.

Ryan Model 147

In 1959, Ryan Aeronautical performed a study to investigate how the company's Firebee target drone could be used for long-range reconnaissance missions.

Ryan XV-5 Vertifan

One was destroyed in a crash during a public flight demonstration on 27 April 1965, killing Ryan test pilot Lou Everett.

Ryson ST-100 Cloudster

T. Claude Ryan had a long and illustrious career as an aerospace engineer, starting many storied companies, including Ryan Aeronautical Corporation and the Ryan Aeronautical Company.


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