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History

No records exist to confirm, but it appears from photos that this aircraft spent some time right after construction being used by Cliff Henderson, as the official “Scout Plane” at Mines Field, Los Angeles, California, during the 1936 National Air Races. Henderson was the manager of the national Air Races then.

Records do exist to indicate it as being the second ST to be shipped out of the U.S.A. Its new owner was Anasio Do Amerei Filho, of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

It was shipped on September 10th, 1936 via rail to new Orleans, and steamship (Delta Steamship Lines) to Sao Paulo. Like N16037, (SN 126) which was also owned by Fihlo, the N16038 US registration was retained by the CAA and later assigned to other U.S. manufactured aircraft, but not a Ryan. The Brazilian registration PP TBQ was applied.

Mr Amarai was known as the leading Brazilian flyer, having won most of the principal Brazilian competitions. He was a member of a prominent and traditional Sao Paulo family, and well set financially. He was closely associated with Mr. Cecil M.P. Cross, American Consul General, and he, together with his family were strong supporters of the United Sates and its Pan American policy.

In 1936 Ryan ST aircraft won two first places and one second place in two Brazilian Air Races within two weeks of their arrival in Brazil. This was the auspicious introduction of the ST to the country. Anesio Amarai Jr. A flight instructor for the Aero Club of Sao Paulo had cabled his order to the Ryan company in San Diego for a 125 HP ST in order to enter Brazils 1200 KM cross country classic, scheduled for October 15th. Enroute to Brazil the steamship carrying the plane was delayed, but the sportsmanship of the Brazilian pilots was shown by their postponing the race until October 18th so that the Ryan could be entered. With no time to familiarize himself with the plane, Amarai took off in the 150 HP (?) category. He flew the hazardous 750 mile triangular course from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, westward over the mountainous interior to Bello Horizonte, and then southeast to the starting

 Point at Sao Paulo, where he and his Ryan were judged the winner by a wide margin.

The following week, Amarai flew his shining metal Ryan north to Rio de Janeiro to compete with ten other planes in the popular 350 KM circuit of the city of Rio. Five times around Rio de Janeiro was the prescribed course. When the race was over, Antonio Seabra in his 125 HP Ryan (SN 126) was the winner with Amarai in SN 127 a close second.

The winning of these two races aroused widespread enthusiasm for the Ryan ST in Brazil.

In November 1940 Mr. Amarai announced that he was again the first place winner in his Ryan in the Brazilian 1,658 KM cross country race. It is interesting to note that Ryan SCW SN 209 was fourth in the same race.

In October 1941 he again announced that he was first in the 1000 mile race for that year. Sixth place went to another ST-A owned and flown by Snr. Oscar Ferreiro, his ship had a Menasco 150 hp engine, SN unknown.

Fihlo died in the crash of SN 126 in 1954. After Fihlos death the ship was purchased in 1945 by Hugo Borghi, then re-sold to Roberto Repeto. In 1950 it was sold to Salomao Sturm, who was one of the first flight mechanics with the VASP

 (Viação Aérea São Paulo) the State airline of Brazil.

On February 4th, the airplane was sold to the Passo Fundo Aero club in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where it became a private instruction airplane. On April 10th, 1957 by decree of the R.A.B. (Registro Aeronautico Brasileiro) requested by the Aero Club directors, it was declared that the Ryan could not be transferred to anyone else. In August 1966 the license was cancelled in the R.A.B. and the Ryan ST, PP-TBQ was considered unsafe to fly.

It was at this stage that Silvio Ambrogi, who still in the late 1990`s lived in Mogi-Mirim, Sao Paulo, got into the history of this Ryan. On November 23rd, 1960 Ambrogi asked the D.A.C. for the wings of PP-TBQ so that he could copy them to recondition his own Ryan, (PP-THJ, SN 181) as it had been out of use because of a wing defect. In exchange he (Ambrogi) president of the Mogy-Mirim Aero Club, would lend his plane to the club for training instructors for the duration of one year to be used by pupils of the Aero Club. All he needed were 90 days to fetch the wings, copy them and return them to D.A.C., but they refused him the favour. As he needed the plane, he decided to buy it, but due to the fact the Ryan could not be sold, as it was unfit to fly, his offer was rejected. But then an idea occurred to them that the plane could be sold for scrap and thus the decree that it was unfit to fly was removed by the RAB and on July 15th, 1966 Silvio Ambrogi bought the scrap airplane. He brought the plane to Mogi- Mirim towing it in the back of a Kombi (bus) as shown in photos.

The rebuild was done by Ambrogi and may still be flying today. The registration PP-TBQ was cancelled when the Ryan was sold as scrap and a temporary registration PP-ZAN was assigned.

Ownership History

• Ryan Aeronautical Company, San Diego, California;

• Anasio Do Amerei Filho, Sao Paulo, Brazil;

• Hugo Borghi, (address unknown);

• Robert Repeto, Juiz De Fora, Minas Gerias, Brazil;

• Salomao Sturm, Niterio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;

• Passo Fundo Aeroclub, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil.

• Silvio Ambrogi, Mogi-Mirim, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Current Ownership

None known, but may still be with Silvio Ambrogi, Mogi-Mirim, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Notes

Via FAA records, N16038 was last assigned to a Hot Air Balloon, and is currently shown as on hold.

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