The Ryan Aeronautical Company was an American aircraft maker founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California, in 1934. It built the S-T Sport Trainer and the PT-22 Recruit, of which 1,048 were produced for pilot training, and the FR Fireball, the Navy first aircraft with a jet engine. After the war it bought the Navion light aircraft, developed the Firebee target drone and the Firebird air-to-air missile, and built V/STOL designs including the X-13 Vertijet, the VZ-3 Vertiplane and the XV-5 Vertifan. It also developed the radar system used on the Apollo Lunar Module. Teledyne acquired the company in 1968 and it became a wholly owned subsidiary in 1969, and Northrop Grumman purchased Teledyne Ryan in 1999, with its products forming the core of that firm unmanned aerial vehicle efforts.
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founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California
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The Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California, in 1934.
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It became part of Teledyne in 1969, and of Northrop Grumman when the latter company purchased Ryan in 1999.
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founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California
View the SourceRyan XV-5 Vertifan (Wikipedia)
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The XV-5 would be one of the last crewed aircraft designed and built by Ryan
Ryan ST (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan STs are a series of two seat, low-wing monoplane aircraft built in the United States by the Ryan Aeronautical Company.
Ryan S-C (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan S-C (Sports-Coupe) (or Sport Cabin) was an American three-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Ryan Aeronautical Company.
Ryan PT-22 Recruit (Wikipedia)
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is a military trainer aircraft that was used by the United States Army Air Corps during WWII for primary pilot training.
Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan YO-51 Dragonfly was an observation aircraft designed and built by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).
Ryan FR Fireball (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan FR Fireball is an American mixed-power (piston and jet-powered) fighter aircraft designed by Ryan Aeronautical for the United States Navy during World War II.
Ryan XF2R Dark Shark (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan XF2R Dark Shark was an American experimental aircraft built for the United States Navy that combined turboprop and turbojet propulsion.
Ryan VZ-3 Vertiplane (Wikipedia)
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was an American experimental vertical/short take-off (VSTOL) aircraft built by the Ryan Aeronautical Company for the United States Army.
Ryan Firebee (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan Firebee is a series of target drones developed by the Ryan Aeronautical Company beginning in 1951.
Ryan Model 147 (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan Model 147 Lightning Bug is a jet-powered drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, produced and developed by Ryan Aeronautical
Ryan AQM-91 Firefly (Wikipedia)
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The Ryan AQM-91 Firefly was a developmental drone developed during the Vietnam War to perform long-range reconnaissance, especially into China.
Ryan XV-8 (Wikipedia)
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Both aircraft were built by Ryan Aeronautical Company in collaboration with NASA for the United States Air Force and the United States Army and tested in 1961
Ryan X-13 Vertijet, Wikipedia
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is an experimental tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown in the United States in the 1950s.
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