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T. Claude Ryan



T. Claude Ryan

T. Claude Ryan
T. CLAUDE RYAN
Early Aviator - Aircraft Designer
Aviation Industrialist
Born Parsons, Kansas, 3 January 1898. Founded Ryan Airlines in 1922 establishing the first regularly scheduled airline services in the U.S., between San Diego and Los Angeles in 1925.

Founded Ryan Aeronautical Company in 1928. Built the famed Ryan trainers used by the Army Air Corps in WW II. Pioneered development of vertical take-off and landing aircraft and remotely piloted vehicles.



Elected to the International Aerospace Hall of Fame 1965