Ryan ST

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The Ryan ST s were a series of two-seat, low-wing, single-wing aircraft produced by the Ryan Aeronautical Company . They were used as sport aircraft, as well as trainers by flight schools and the military in various countries.

Design and development

T. Claude Ryan was the founder of the Ryan Aeronautical Company, the second company to be named and the fourth company he was involved in to bear his name (the first, Ryan Airlines, was the maker of the Ryan NYP, better known as Spirit of St. Louis ). In 1933 he began developing the ST (for the "sports trainer", also called ST), the company's first design.

production

Acceptance of the Ryan ST by the USAAF / US Navy:

version	1940	1941	1942	TOTAL
PT-20	149	38		187
PT-21		100		100
NUMBER 1		100		100
PT-22		369	679	1,048
TOTAL	149	607	679	1,435

Web links

Commons : Ryan ST  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistical Digest of the USAF 1946, p. 100 ff.