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| Sport aviation is all around us, but it wasn't always that way. Ryan Aviation Company had a lot to do with that, most notably with its Ryan ST trainer aircraft. These stable trainers quickly found their way into civilian hands, and for little money you could be flying on the weekends. Built right before the war, the Ryan SC took the concept a bit further and created a great airplane for the civilian market. Read more about this interesting plane in Chris Banyai-Riepl's article on the Ryan Sport Coupe. On the subject of Ryans, the other article here doesn't really have much to do with aviation, but it does have to do with history. The new movie Saving Private Ryan has rewritten the war movie genre, and Tom Cleaver gives us a look at this incredible movie. |