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Ryan Aeronautical Company

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Lloyd Best Special Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-20003
Abstract

Lloyd best appears to have worked at Prudden aircraft and possibly Ryan in San Diego.

Dates: 1925 - 1930

Clurman W. Bibb Personal Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10016
Abstract Clurmann W. Bibb worked in aviation in companies such as North American and Ryan Aeronautical. This collection contains scrapbooks which document his life.Clurman Bibb had an extensive career in California, working at North American Aviation, Ryan Aeronautical, Northrop Aircraft, and Douglas Aircraft for over thirty years. The majority of his work involved project, design, and research engineering, especially for cockpit and cabin interior design, furnishings and equipment installation,...
Dates: 1925 - 1999

Miles Blaine Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10017
Abstract

Miles Blaine (1913-2009) was a long time San Diego resident and photographer for SDASM. His collection features 860+ photographs from 1935 to 1952, related to aviation and a growing San Diego. He began to volunteer at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in 1977 and continued to do so until he passed away March 10, 2009. This collection documents his life in aviation. Most of the collection comprises of images he took.

Dates: 1913 - 2009

Fred B. Churchill Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10026
Abstract

Fred Churchill was involved with Ryan Aeronautical and served as the official Federal Aviation Agency representative for the Ryan Navion program. This Collection contains material relating to his life and Ryan Aeronautical.

Dates: 1914 - 2000

Kathryn Fritz Personal Photo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-20020
Abstract

Kathryn Fritz was a young woman residing in San Diego during the 1920s.

Dates: 1920 - 1940

Parker H. Jackson Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10078
Abstract

Parker H. Jackson was the biographer Richard S. Requa, the master architect of the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. This Collection includes documents from Jackson's studies of Requa.

Dates: 1913 - 2014

Andrew F. Lech Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10088
Abstract

Andrew Lech was an aviation model maker. His highly detailed models have been displayed at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and the San Diego Air & Space Museum. His models date back to the 1920s.

Dates: 1905 - 1995

Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10193
Abstract

The collection contains 92 manuscripts, written/compiled between the early twentieth century and early twenty-first century. These manuscripts range from television and movie scripts to flight logs, accident report, personal recollections, and biographies/memoirs. Subjects include (but are not limited to) early flight, World War I, World War II, women avioators, air ships, and flight testing.

Dates: 1919 - 2012

The Ed Morrow Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10103-O/S
Abstract

Ed Morrow was a key member of the team that built the Spirit of St. Louis

Dates: 1899 - 1994

Ryan Aeronautical Special Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM
Abstract

The Ryan Aircarft company is one of the most influential in history.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1922 - 2000

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Drone Aircraft 3
Ryan Aeronautical Model 124/BQM-34A Firebee 3
Ryan B-5 Brougham 3
Ryan Aeronautical X-13 Vertijet 2
Ryan L-17 Navion 2