David K. Stone: Claude Ryan

Artist: David K. Stone
1922 - 2001
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 21.5 by 17.75 inches
Overall Size: 25.625 by 22.625 inches
Medium: Oil on Masonite

In 1922 commercial aviation did not exist. That same year, T. Claude Ryan started this country's first commercial flight service by renting an abandoned airfield near San Diego, California, and selling his Model-T Ford to buy a Curtiss JN-4D for four hundred dollars. It wasn't long before Ryan expanded. He bought six old war surplus Standard biplanes from the government and converted them into cabin transports. In 1925, he launched the first regular, daily airline service in the United States between San Diego and Los Angeles. Ryan followed this successful venture by producing the Ryan M-1, the first of a long line of distinguished aircraft, including the "Spirit of St. Louis," which Ryan Airlines built for Charles Lindbergh. In 1928 Claude Ryan started the Ryan Aeronautical Company, now Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical. Through this company the aviation pioneer produced a series of military training planes, the first jet fighter to operate from an aircraft carrier, and electronic navigation systems and space landing radars that made it possible for American astronauts to land on the moon. This painting features Ryan's World War II fighter plane, the PT-22.

This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood® T. Claude Ryan Commemorative Cover postmarked January 3, 1980. 7

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