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History

By way of Ryan dealer O.J Whitney, the aircraft was shipped by rail to them and then sold on April 22, 1937 to Demoor aviation. Demoor eventually sold the Ryan to Philip F Neuweller, who used it mainly for aerobatics. Sometime around late summer 1938 he ran into a thunderstorm and crashed, doing extensive damage. He sold the remains to Dick Estler. Estler started to do the major repairs but apparently did not complete the job and ended up selling it to Felix Muchoe during the summer of 1939. Muchoe started to complete the repairs, having purchased another ST-A (NC?) in the meantime.

About April 1941Muchoe sold the aircraft to George A Viehmann, to be used in the secondary phase of the CPTP program. It was in airworthy condition at this time. When Muchoe rebuilt the Ryan he installed another Menasco C-4 which had originally been used in an experimental White amphibian. The engine was removed from the White and sold to Clarence Chamberlain to install in a ship he was building, (similar to an ST) which he never used, so he in turn sold the Menasco to Muchoe. The engine was S/N 273.

Next owner was Bob R. Reno. He used it in the CPTP program for a while during WWII, and then sold it on December 4, 1944 to General Aviation Company.

About April 1945, it was sold again to the Smith Tool and Engineering Company. It was still registered to them in 1946 and sometime later sold to Victor Zerbs, perhaps around 1961. He began a long rebuild, and claimed the original wings and tail sections destroyed in a hangar fire. He found new ones in Charleston, S. Carolina and then converted the Ryan to an ST-A Special with the installation of a supercharged Menasco C-4S 150 HP engine.

In the winter of 1964, Zerbs sold the plane to Bob Barnhill, who used it for air show work during the 1964 season. He in turn sold it to John Gosney in 1966.

Mr. Gosney had the Menasco engine removed three times in one year after much grief with oil leaks, Etc. and eventually replaced the Menasco with a Lycoming IO-360 180HP Flat four cylinder opposed engine.

In late winter of 1969, John Gosney, who used the ship for aerobatic competition sold it to Ed Power. Power re-converted it back to a Menasco engine, and painted the aircraft with a red, white and blue colour scheme.

The aircraft was on display in his store at the Nut Tree airport, Nut Tree California.  Ownership changed in 2001 to Doug Harwell, of Windsor Georgia. Harwell sold the aircraft to Charles Martin of Belton, South Carolina, but completed the restoration at his Barnstormers Workshop facility. By January, 2010 the aircraft was completed and flying from Mr Martin’s private airstrip in South Carolina. Ownership then transferred to Brain Power. The grandson of the owner of the Nut Tree Airport, and former owner of N17352.

Ownership History

• O.J Whitney, Long Island New York;
• Demoor Aviation, Paoli, Pennsylvania;
• Philip F Neuweiler, Allentown, Pennsylvania;
• Dick Estler, Reading, Pennsylvania;
• Felix Muchoe, Little Ferry, New Jersey;
• George A Veihmann, Standard Flying Service inc, Somerset Hills Airport, Basking Ridge, New Jersey;
• Bob H Reno, Troy Flairs inc. Troy, New York;
• General Aviation Company, Plymouth, Michigan;
• Smith Tool and Engineering Company, Bucyrus, Ohio;
• Victor Zerbs Jr. United Tool and Die inc. Salem, Ohio;
• Bob Barnhill (Barnstormin Barhills Family) Akron, Ohio;
• John Gosney, Denver, Colorado;
• Ed Power, Nut Tree Airport, Nut Tree, California;
• Doug Harwell, Windsor Georgia; Charles Martin, Belton, South Carolina;
• Brian Power, Vacaville, California.

Current Ownership

Ryan Air Exposition

Notes

Restored by Barnstormers workshop (David and Doug Harwell) mid 2000`s

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