A section of the book contains biographies of the company personalities: Don Hall, Franklin Mahoney, Hawley Bowlus and T. Claude Ryan.
Additonaly, detailed information is included for Ryan's businesses: Ryan Airlines, Inc., Ryan Flying Co., B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corp., Mahoney Ryan Aircraft Corp., Ryan Aircraft Corp., and Ryan Mechanics Monoplane Co. during the 1920s and '30s.
Ryan BROUGHAMS and Their Builders
Book Contents
Chapter Headings Page
Making of a Monoplane 3
The First Order 8
Selling the M-1 14
Bluebird and Brougham 19
Debut of the B-1 Brougham 23
Mahoney Takes Over 28
The Special Jobs 35
Enter the St. Louis Crowd 44
Now It’s Mahoney-Ryan 51
B-3s, B-5s and Doodle Bugs 56
Detroit Aircraft Buys In 61
B-7 and C-1 65
Replicas of the “Spirit” 70
Pilots and Planes 75
Brougham Recognition Chart 79
Postscript: Ryan Mechanics Monoplane Co. 80
Personalities: Waterhouse, William J. 83
Personalities: Hall, Donald A. 85
Personalities: Mahoney, B. Franklin 87
Personalities: Edwards, A. J. 89
Personalities: Bowlus, William Hawley 91
Personalities: Ryan, T. Claude 92
Ryan B-5 Brougham (Scale Drawings) 94
Performance and Specifications 96