Ryan Aeronautical Company
Ryan M-1 was a mail plane
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Ryan M-1 was a mail plane
Role Mailplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Ryan
Designer Hawley Bowlus, W A Mankey, John Northrop
First flight 14 February 1926
Status two airworthy in 2009
Number built 36
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History Ryan Aeronautical Company.
Ryan M-1 was a mail plane
The Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California, in 1934. It became part of Teledyne in 1969, and of Northrop Grumman when the latter company purchased Ryan in 1999. Ryan built several historically and technically significant aircraft, including four innovative V/STOL designs, but its most successful production aircraft was the Ryan Firebee line of unmanned drones used as target drones and unmanned air vehicles.
The follow-on M-2 was substantially the same as the M-1.[2] The prototype M-1 was originally powered by a Hispano-Suiza 8A, but production examples featured a variety of engines in the same general power range, with the Wright J-4B chosen for nine of the sixteen M-1s built,[2] and the prototype later refitted with this engine.
Development
Original Ryan M-1 NC2073 in Pacific Air Transport markings in the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, Creve Coeur airport, Missouri. The M-1 prototype was restored to flying condition between 1980 and 1984 and is preserved in the Museum of Flight in Seattle. The seventh aircraft is preserved in airworthy condition in Pacific Air Transport markings at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur airport, Missouri. A replica of an M-1 using a small number of parts from serial number 11 was built by Andy King in 2001, powered by a Lycoming R-680 and also painted in Pacific Air Transport #7's scheme. Serial number 11 is owned and faces a full restoration by John Norman, who crafted the most accurate reproduction of the Spirit of St. Louis ever built. A replica M-1 is exhibited in the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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Ryan Aeronautical Company
Ryan M-1 was a mail plane
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Ryan M-1 was a mail plane
General Info
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- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1-2 passengers
- Length: 24 ft 0 in (7.30 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (11.00 m)
- Wing area: 228 sq ft (21 m2)
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- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1-2 passengers
- Length: 24 ft 0 in (7.30 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (11.00 m)
- Wing area: 228 sq ft (21 m2)
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- Maximum speed: 125 mph (200 km/h, 109 kn)
- Range: 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)
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- None
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