Ryan Airlines  Ryan-Standard Biplane                               (c/n  ?)

                                    

                                        Tubal Claude Ryan was an early American aviator who had formed a flying school in
                                        San Diego, California in the early 1920s with an ex-military Curtiss JN-4 Jenny.  His first
                                        mechanic was Harley Bowlus, and his major funder at the time  was Benjamin Franklin
                                        ("Frank") Mahoney a young stock broker who was also a pupil at the flying school.
                                .       In 1925 Ryan and Mahoney began passenger operations using a much modified Stand-
                                        ard Biplane which Bowlus had fitted to carry four passengers.  This must have been a
                                        very cramped space indeed.    He also modified a Douglas Cloudster to carry 10
                                        passengers (see next entry).  The company flew as the Los Angeles - San Diego Airline..
                                        The shot above and the photo below  of  the close-up of  the much  modified Standard
                                        are images from the San Diego Air & Space Museum archives.   By 1926 Ryan had
                                        dissolved the airline, turning  to aircraft manufacturing only.