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 FIRST - Ryan M-1 Ever Built
N 47° 31.078 W 122° 17.822
10T E 552924 N 5262965
One of many static aircraft displays located at the Museum of Flight at King County International Airport. Admission fees apply.
Waymark Code: WMVGJ8
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2017
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Located at the Museum of Flight are a large number of static aircraft on display. One of them is a Ryan M-1. The Museum of Flight website contains a page devoted to this aircraft and it reads:
The Ryan M-1, dubbed "the plane that pays a profit," was America's first production civil monoplane and, starting on September 15, 1926, was the first commercial plane to fly with Pacific Air Transport (PAT) along the West Coast. PAT's six M-1s linked Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The cost was high -- five of PAT's original M-1s crashed the first year.
The Museum's M-1 is thought to be the first Ryan airframe built. It was abandoned in 1932 after it overturned during an emergency landing in Paso Robles, California. Recovered in 1980, it was restored by Ty Sundstrom.
A nearby placard also highlights this Ryan M-1 and reads:
The Man Who Built the Company
The days after Charles Lindburgh's famous flight were bittersweet for T.
Claude Ryan. The founder of Ryan Airlines, Inc. and the creative influence behind the M-1, Ryan had sold his interest in the company that bore his name to his partner, Frank Mahoney, just six months before "Lucky Lindy" landed in Paris. As the Ryan name appeared in newpapers around the globe and Lindburgh sung the praises of his trusty Ryan airplane, Mr. Ryan himself sat on the sideline,
merely a manager in the company he helped build.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1926
More Information - Web URL: [Web Link]
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