Ryan Aeronautical
| Ryan Aeronautical | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company |
| founding | 1934 |
| Seat | San Diego , California |
| Branch | Aircraft construction |
Ryan Aeronautical was an aircraft manufacturer based in San Diego . The company became famous for building the Spirit of St. Louis by Charles Lindbergh , with which he crossed the Atlantic in a solo flight .
history
The by T. Claude Ryan in 1924 under the name 'Ryan Airlines, Inc.' founded company operated quite successfully on the Los Angeles - San Diego route in the mid-1920s . In 1926 Ryan sold the company to his business partner Frank Mahoney and founded the Ryan Aeronautical Corporation , which manufactured aircraft engines. In 1934 the company was finally renamed the Ryan Aeronautical Company .
During the Second World War , the company was a supplier to the US military. At the height of the war economy, Ryan employed 8,500 people and annual output exceeded $ 55 million. After the end of the war, the workforce was reduced to 1,200 employees and the value of production shrank to US $ 8 million. During the Korean War , Ryan again played a major role in supplying the United States Air Force with equipment for combat aircraft (including motion sensors, altimeters, navigation instruments).
In 1969 Teledyne took over the company for US $ 128 million, which continued to develop experimental and research aircraft, drones and target missiles under the name Teledyne-Ryan Aeronautical Company, including more recently in 1998 the Global Hawk . T. Claude Ryan remained with the company as CEO until his death in 1982. In 1999 Northrop Grumman took over the company, relocated development to Rancho Bernardo in north San Diego and Global Hawk production to Palmdale . The business unit in San Diego continues to bear the traditional name Ryan Aeronautical Center.
Aircraft types
Civil aircraft
- Ryan Standard
- Ryan Brougham
- Ryan Cloudster
- Ryan M-1 (base for the Spirit of St. Louis )
Military aircraft
- Ryan SC
- Ryan Navion
- Ryan ST / PT-22 / NR-1
- Ryan FR Fireball
- Ryan XF2R Dark Shark (experimental)
- Ryan X-13 Vertijet (experimental)
- Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane (experimental)
- Ryan XV-5 (VZ-11) Vertifan (experimental)
- Ryan XV-8 Fleep
- Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly
- Ryan Firebee
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ryan Aeronautical - Historical Overview. Retrieved December 11, 2011 .
- ^ Northrop Grumman - History. Retrieved December 11, 2011 .
