Serial Number
Model
Registration
Date of Manufacturing
ATC
Price (USD)
Engine
Propeller
Current Status
302
ST-A Special (STM)
N11D N302D VH-RYS
December 1938
681
$8175.00
Menasco C-4S 150HP SN 362
Sensenich 80-R SN 8007
Airworthy
History
Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca (then named Cuerpo de Aeronautica) took delivery of two batches of six Ryan STMs in July 1938
The ship was test flown by Paul Wilcox, and then sold new on December 15, 1938 to Cuerpo de Aeronautica Militar, in Guatemala. It was to be used in the Guatemala Air Force as a trainer and fighter with 5 others.
It was crated and prepared to be shipped via Grace Line (S.S. Coya) and sailed from San Pedro, California on or about December 30, 1938. But there is evidence in original papers it may have been shipped July 15, 1938 to San Jose, Guatemala, via the S.S. Wyoming out of Los Angeles.
Ownership History
- Cuerpo de Aeronautica Militar, Aeropuerto “La Aurora”, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America, for the Guatemala Air Force.
Current Ownership
Jeff Trappett,
Notes
Registered in Australia June 26, 2015
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