A 1927 Ryan B-1 Brougham with a 220-horsepower
Wright J-1 engine and its propeller spinning! About 150 Ryan B-1 Broughams
were produced and Charles Lindbergh's Ryan B-1 Brougham NYP Spirit of
Saint Louis, which he used for his 1927 nonstop solo transatlantic
flight, was the second one to be built.
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A Ryan B-1 Brougham, with registration number
4031, in Midwest Airways service. Its fuselage carries advertisement for
the First Wisconsin Group and a claim that it is a sistership of the
Spirit
of Saint Louis. Another Ryan B-1 Brougham is directly behind it.
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