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SDASM.SC.10121
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Ryan Air Photographic Collection
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10121
Physical Description:
.85 Cubic Feet
The collection is purely photographic, and contains photographs of T. Claude Ryan, corporate employees, aircraft, missiles
and drones, machinery, testing and research facilities, modular computers, flight simulators, and more. Some of the photographs
have been numerically organized by the five or six digit numbers on the backside.
This is a three box collection. Two boxes have measurements 12 ¼ x 10 ½ x 5 inches, and the third box is 12 ¼ x 10 ½ x 2 ½
inches.
Date (bulk): bulk
Abstract: This is a collection of images from Ryan Aeronautical. It focuses on Drone aircraft.
The Ryan Aeronautical Company was founded by T. Claude Ryan in San Diego, California in 1934. Following World War II, Ryan
began to invest and research in the missile and unmanned aircraft fields.
Ryan is well known for developing the Ryan Firebee unmanned target drone, the Ryan Firebird (the first air-to-air missile),
as well as a number of experimental and research aircraft such as the V/STOL aircraft designs.
Part of Teledyne after 1969, Northrop Grumman purchased Teledyne Ryan in 1999.
The collection is open to use by researchers with an appointment. Some conditions may apply.
This is a one series collection containing photographs only. Photographs are organized by subject, then by identification
number.
This collection has been processed seperately from the main Ryan Collection. The main Ryan collection is currently being
processed and may also contain many of the subjects/images contained in this collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ryan S-T Sport Trainer
Ryan B-5 Brougham
Ryan Aeronautical Model 124/BQM-34A Firebee
Drone aircraft pilots
Drone Aircraft
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Ryan, Tubal Claude