Ryan STA-Special

Marie Kavanaugh, e-mail, 01.05.2016 17:23 I know of a Ryan ST-A Special that is almost fully assembled with 3 Menasco engines in crates at least 1 which is a zero time engine. I'm not sure if engines are the turbo charged ones. This aircraft has all new flying wires and no paint. Wing recovered and have been stored in a hanger for over 20 years. Airplane located in SC. reply

Peter Holloway, e-mail, 27.01.2016 12:50 Hello from England. I own the gorgeous STA NC18923, no.322, now resident in The Shuttleworth Collection, UK. I would like to get in contact with Fred Barber, Stone Mt. Georgia, clearly a fellow enthusiast! All help appreciated. Best wishes from Across the Pond. Peter Holloway Hollowaypr@aol.com +44 7717 804085 reply

Dave Masters, e-mail, 16.01.2016 22:10 I have had a PT-20 for over 50 years and it has been in flying condition since around 1968. For those who don't know about the PT-20: In 1939 Ryan modified 30 of the STAs for the military, making the cockpit openings larger(like the STM,)and designated them PT-20s. All but one or two were re-engined to the 125 Kinner and re-designated PT-20A. When I bought this Ryan, it was a PT-20A and I converted it back to a PT-20 with a Menasco engine. For the past 15+ years, it has been based at the Sonoma Valley Airport (sonomavalleyairport.com) and very soon will be moved to the Wings of History museum which is close to Morgan Hill, CA. reply

Jaime Colvin, e-mail, 14.04.2015 18:55 This is a plane I would be open to consider purchasing , if someone knows where I could find someone that is interested in selling his Ryan STA Special, please let me get aware of it . Jaime. reply

Selig Solomon, e-mail, 21.04.2014 17:33 I am building a 1 /4 scale Ryan STA. My plans are a bit ambiguous on the tail section and I would like some close up photos of the tail section, wheel, etc. in some detail. Any help would be appreciated. reply

ed Benguiat, e-mail, 07.08.2013 00:36 After flying since 1944 it looks like I'll never own a Ryan ST of any model.OK I give l'll never have the opportunity to polish it or even sit in the cockpit with my old tired body. no more toughts of the RYAN in my "Bucket List". I give up andI thank everyone. reply

D.C.Wimpfheimer, e-mail, 12.02.2013 19:59 I am looking at a 1939-1940 photo of my dad standing next to a ryan pt 22 recruit .I think just after his flight .Pre.ww2 He later went on to fly B25s during the war.I can see from the cowling to the end of the number past the rear seat i think it is an 8 or a 9. he is waring a parachute and helmet. reply

Ed Benguiat, e-mail, 06.08.2012 21:57 I m still looking for an good STM and gotta have one before I die. I've been wanting to purchase one for the last 50 years. I know they're expensive. Got the money and ready to roll. Thank you all reply

ed benguiat, e-mail, 16.01.2012 17:20 O.K. Fred Barber , Do you want to sell any one of your RYAN planes Ed reply

ed Benguiat, e-mail, 16.01.2012 17:15 I'm looking for a Ryan. Any 'S" model will do Please contact me. Thank you. Ed ebenguiat@aol.com reply

Ephram Benguiat, e-mail, 14.10.2011 15:07 I'm still looking to purchase an STA or STM or PT20 (No pt22"s) ASAP I am prepared to pay a good finders fee for information leading to purchase. ASAP. please. P. S. I would consider foreign purchase as well Thank you all. Prof. Ed Benguiat 201 288 4775 USAI reply

Dick Wynn, e-mail, 27.05.2011 18:27 Ladies /Gentelmen, I would like to find out if a Ryan owned by Dick Wynn (my father) still exists.Information is scarce as he passed away many years ago and any doccuments, photo's etc. were probably disposed of when he re-married back in the early Fourties. What I know for fact. He had it in college and he graduated from Lafayette in 1936. Going by a professionally done sketch with inscription,it was a Ryan STAS and he flew out of Wings Field in Pennsylvania. When I was very young, he told me that he had to sell it to the governmant because they needed it as a trainer and that would have been around 1940. Another part of the puzzle is that my mother had a plane at the same time and it too was probably kept at Wings Field. I don't have a clue as to what it was, when she got it or what her name was at the time but my hunch is that it too was a Ryan. Her nick name was Bootsie, her maiden name was Thomas,her first married name was Wynn and her second marriage was to Doug Mason who also was a pilot from the area. Any assistance would surely be appreciated. THANKS, Dick Wynn reply

aaron berkowitz, e-mail, 11.05.2011 00:08 I owned a pt22 and an 1937 STA. thesweepback on the pt22 was to make it more difficult to handle. The STA did not have a sweepback. After the fire at San Diego's museum they contacted me in Phoenix and I sold it to Mr. Ryan who signed my log book and it is in the Museum there today. reply

ed Benguiat, e-mail, 22.03.2011 14:43 I am presently looking to purchase a restored STA or STM. I know a good specimen has it's price I reside in the USA. Thank you all. Prof. Ed Benguiat reply

Kevin Dahlhausen, e-mail, 09.03.2011 12:47 Thanks for the comments everyone, I enjoyed reading them. I am starting a RC stand-off scale PT-21. reply

r bello, e-mail, 31.12.2010 05:59 am restoring an sta, need any info, manuals, pictures, anything. it's in great condition but i did not disassemble it. any help would be GREATLY appreciated. the wings are covered, fuselage polished, just needs final assembly. which is doable with the photos i have, but a manual or any such help would help. will pay. reply

daniel mairani, e-mail, 13.10.2010 20:22 I owned a PT-20 for 12 yrs. N14184. Menasco 4 with a beautiful fahlin prop. Sold it to a guy and it's now in Hollister ca..Great plane..I miss it. reply

David Harwell, e-mail, 14.09.2010 15:09 My brother Doug did have N17532 and we here at Barnstormers restored it. I was the luckly one in the family because after assembly etc, I got to fly it. It was a wonderful flying,and beautiful bird. reply

maury, e-mail, 13.09.2010 07:03 I flew the military version of STA (YPT-16) in 1939, with the in-line Menasco engine. A beautiful airplane, and excellent aerobatic capabilities. When Ryan went to the Kinner engine the CG moved aft, necessitating the addition of sweep to the wings of the PT-21 and -22. There was also a PT-20 version of this airplane, incorporating some changes required when the Dutch ordered a bunch of them. The most notible feature was the removal of an internal stringer between the two cockpits and placing it on the outside of the fuselage. reply

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